First Page
47
Keywords
presidential succession
Abstract
These remarks were delivered as part of the program entitled The Presidential Succession Act at 75: Praise It or Bury It?, which was held on April 6, 2022, and hosted by the Fordham University School of Law. The Presidential Succession Act sets out the presidential line of succession and other procedures for situations in which the president and vice president have both died, resigned, been removed, or become unable to discharge the presidency’s powers and duties. The Act also addresses succession scenarios before Inauguration Day. In light of the statute’s seventy-fifth anniversary, this program explored relevant history and analyzed whether reform to the statute is needed.
In these remarks, Dr. John C. Fortier, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Executive Director of the Continuity of Government Commission, discusses possible reforms to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 and some of the challenges of accomplishing reform.
Recommended Citation
John C. Fortier,
The Presidential Succession Act at 75 | Proposals to Reform the 1947 Act and How Reform Could Be Effectuated,
91 Fordham L. Rev. 47
(2022).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flro/vol91/iss1/11