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Reagan Assassination Aftermath

The aftermath of the Reagan assassination attempt and its relation to the 25th Amendment

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Jan 21, 2026

Which presidents have had parts of the 25th Amendment invoked and under what circumstances?

has been used in three distinct ways since ratification: to clarify succession when a president leaves office, to fill vice‑presidential vacancies, and to allow temporary transfer of power when a pres...

Jan 20, 2026

How have past informal discussions among Cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment been documented and what prevented action?

Informal Cabinet conversations about invoking Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment have been documented primarily through contemporaneous news reporting, retrospective legal scholarship and archiva...