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Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 88th Congress
Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, statements, and documents relating to the problem of presidential inability and vacancies in the Office of Vice President.
Date: January 1964
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 88th Congress
Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to the exercise of powers and duties of the presidency when the President is disabled.
Date: June 1963
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Opinion of the Attorney General on Presidential Inability
Robert F. Kennedy
Memorandum by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to President John F. Kennedy regarding the U.S. Constitution’s presidential succession and inability provisions. Roy E. Brownell II provided this document.
Date: August 1961
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 85th Congress
Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to the orderly devolution upon the Vice President of presidential powers and duties.
Date: January 1958
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Presidential Inability: Hearing Before the Special Subcommittee on Study of Presidential Inability of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 85th Congress
Special Subcommittee To Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to situations in which the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Date: April 1957
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Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 85th Congress, Presidential Inability: An Analysis of Replies to a Questionnaire and Testimony at a Hearing on Presidential Inability
Staff of the Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Analysis of the material and testimony contained in the House committee print "Presidential Inability" and the hearings on presidential inability held on April 11 and 12, 1956.
Date: March 1957
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 84th Congress
Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Explores solutions to the problem of "presidential inability".
Date: April 1956
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Staff of House Committee on the Judiciary, 84th Congress, Report on Presidential Inability
Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Considers various problems connected with presidential inability.
Date: January 1956
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Report: Providing for the Performance of the Duties of the Office of the President in Case of the Removal, Resignation, Death, or Inability both of the President and Vice President
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
House Judiciary Committee report on legislation to reform the Presidential Succession Act of 1886. The report includes a letter from the U.S. Attorney General analyzing pending legislative proposals.
Date: July 1947
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Report: Providing for the Performance of the Duties of the Office of President in Case of the Removal, Resignation, or Inability Both of the President and Vice President
Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate. United States.
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration report on amendments to proposed legislation related to presidential succession.
Date: March 1947
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Hearings: Succession to the Presidency
Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate. United States.
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearings on legislative proposals related to presidential succession.
Date: March 1947
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Report: Election of President and Presidential Succession
Committee on Privileges and Elections. Senate. United States.
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections report on a resolution to create a joint committee with members from the House and Senate to study issues relating to presidential succession.
Date: January 1946
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Report: Question of the Presidential Succession
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
House Judiciary Committee report on legislation to reform the Presidential Succession Act of 1886, in part, by making legislators the next successors to the presidency after the vice president.
Date: June 1945
This section includes: congressional hearings, debates, and reports on presidential succession. These documents span nearly a half century, beginning with initial efforts to reform the succession system during the Eisenhower administration. They chronicle the drafting of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, a review of the Amendment’s first uses during the Watergate era, and post-9/11 efforts to ensure continuity of government.
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