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Section 4 invocation

The involuntary transfer of power from the president to the vice president, as outlined in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment, which has never been invoked.

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Jan 17, 2026
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was Article 25 section 4 invoked today on President Donald Trump?

No — based on the reporting provided, Section 4 of the 25th Amendment has not been invoked against President Donald Trump today; the record in these sources shows only discussion and advocacy about in...

Jan 12, 2026
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Did congress demand trump to resign

Members of Congress have, on multiple occasions, publicly demanded that Donald Trump leave office—primarily in the wake of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack—while advocacy campaigns and some local of...

Jan 15, 2026
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Could Donald Trump be removed by the 25th amendment?

The Constitution’s 25th Amendment does provide a legal pathway to remove a sitting president deemed “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the office, but the mechanism in Section 4 has never ...

Jan 17, 2026

Has 25th amendment been activated against trump

No — the 25th Amendment has not been formally invoked to remove President Trump or to render him unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office under Section 4, and the mechanism for involunt...

Jan 18, 2026

Is 25 amendment invoked in USA against trump

The 25th Amendment has been repeatedly discussed as a route to remove Donald Trump, most prominently after the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack and again in 2025 after controversial remarks, but it has...

Jan 13, 2026

resignation trump

Public discussion of “resignation, Trump” collapses two different realities into one phrase: mass departures from his administrations (actual resignations and dismissals of officials) and recurring pu...

Jan 12, 2026

Which members of Congress signed Rep. Haley Stevens’ list calling for President Trump’s removal, and where is the full signatory list published?

Congresswoman Haley Stevens organized and publicized a roster of "over 200 lawmakers" calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office; her office says the full signatory list is published on ...

Jan 19, 2026

How have previous administrations treated Section 3 (temporary transfers) compared with the untested Section 4?

Presidents have treated Section 3 of the 25th Amendment as a practical, routinized safety valve—used a handful of times to hand temporary authority to vice presidents during planned medical procedures...

Jan 19, 2026

Which Cabinet members publicly expressed willingness to invoke the 25th Amendment in 2021, and what motives did commentators ascribe to them?

In the days after the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, multiple news outlets and legal scholars reported that “some” or “multiple” Cabinet secretaries had discussed invoking Section 4 of th...

Jan 8, 2026

How has the 25th Amendment been used or interpreted to remove or replace a president?

The 25th Amendment provides a legal framework for replacing a president who dies, resigns, or is incapacitated and for filling a vacant vice presidency, and it has been used repeatedly to clarify succ...