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Has the 25th Amendment ever been used to remove a president from office?

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constituti...

Amendment XXV

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office !!!!

or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Update:

3 of you failed to read section 1

Section 1. In case of the ***removal of the President from office*** !!!!

***(or)*** of his death or resignation

Key Word is OR...OR...OR DEATH

Update 2:

Sorry I think one needs to be removed. Need I say more? Just wondered what steps need to be taken.

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  • Teekno
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The 25th has never been used to remove a president.

    Section 1 has been used once, when Nixon resigned and Ford became president.

    Section 2 has been used twice; the first time when Agnew resigned and Nixon nominated Ford as VP, and the second time when Ford became president and nominated Rockefeller as VP.

    Sections 3 and 4, which remove a president from power, have never been used in the 40-some-odd years that the amendment has been in effect.

  • Mike
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    When Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency, he was on the verge of being impeached, convicted and removed. He left voluntarily and Gerald Ford, then VP, became the President.

  • kpk02
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    That amendment doesn't and can't remove a President from office. It details what is to happen if/when a President leaves office before the end of their term.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, Nixon resigned, Ford became President...(Also, every President that died in office...from Garfield to JFK)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Relax.

    JEEEZ

    Okay.

    Name the president that you think was "removed from office"

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Yes, a few times..in the case of Lincoln, Kennedy's death the VP takes over. Rest assured Obama's going to be fine and great :).

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