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U.S. NEWS Saturday 10 OctOber 2020
AP Explains: Transfer of power under 25th Amendment

WASHINGTON (AP) — A president for eight hours
week ago, President Don- according to a book on
ald Trump was diagnosed the amendment by John
with the coronavirus, spent D. Feerick.
several days at Walter HOW DOES IT WORK?
Reed Medical Center for To temporarily transfer
treatment and evaluation, power to the vice presi-
and has since returned to dent, a president sends a
the White House. letter to the speaker of the
Throughout it all, Trump House of Representatives
remained in control. He and president pro tempore
chose not to invoke the of the Senate stating he is
25th Amendment, which "unable to discharge the
details how presidential powers and duties of his
power can be transferred, office." The vice president
either temporarily or more then becomes acting presi-
permanently, in the event dent. When the president is
a president is unable to do ready to resume authority,
the job. the president sends anoth-
House Speaker Nancy Pelo- er letter. That's spelled out
si cited the amendment Fri- in the amendment's Sec-
day when introducing leg- tion 3.
islation to establish a com- The next section of the
mission that would help The helicopter that will carry President Donald Trump to Walter Reed National Military Medical amendment, Section 4,
determine whether future Center in Bethesda, Md., lands on the South Lawn of White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, lays out what happens if
presidents are capable of 2020. the president becomes un-
maintaining power during Associated Press able to discharge his duties
an illness. She said it wasn't but doesn't transfer power.
about whether Trump was dent John F. Kennedy in transfers of power have The 25th Amendment was In that case, the vice presi-
capable, but rather that his 1963. President Lyndon B. generally been brief and never invoked after Presi- dent and majority of the
illness had shown the need Johnson in his 1965 State happened when the presi- dent Ronald Reagan was Cabinet can declare the
to strengthen "guardrails in of the Union promised to dent was undergoing a shot in 1981. Reagan did president unfit. They'd then
the Constitution to ensure "propose laws to insure the medical procedure. temporarily transfer power send a letter to the speaker
stability and continuity of necessary continuity of In 2002, President George to Vice President George and president pro tempore
government in times of cri- leadership should the Presi- W. Bush became the first H. W. Bush while undergo- saying so. The vice presi-
sis." dent become disabled or to use the amendment's ing surgery to remove a dent then becomes acting
Some questions and an- die." The amendment was Section 3 to temporarily polyp from his colon in 1985, president.
swers about the 25th passed by Congress that transfer power to Vice Pres- but he said at the time he If the president ultimately
Amendment: year and ultimately ratified ident Dick Cheney while wasn't formally invoking the becomes ready to resume
WHY WAS IT PASSED? in 1967. Bush was anesthetized for 25th Amendment. While he his duties, the president
The push for an amend- HAS IT BEEN INVOKED TO a colonoscopy. Bush tem- said he was "mindful" of it, can send a letter saying
ment detailing presiden- TRANSFER POWER BEFORE? porarily transferred power he didn't believe "that the so. But if the vice president
tial succession plans in the Yes, presidents have tem- in 2007 to undergo another drafters of this Amendment and majority of the Cabinet
event of a president's dis- porarily relinquished pow- colonoscopy. intended its application to disagree, they can send
ability or death followed er but not all invoked the WHAT ABOUT RONALD REA- situations such as the in- their own letter to Congress
the assassination of Presi- 25th Amendment. Previous GAN? stant one." Bush was acting within four days. q

Judge lets ex-cop charged in Floyd's death live out of state

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A against Floyd's neck for bond earlier. Their trial is set lish residency somewhere
Minnesota judge cited several minutes even after for March. in the State of Minnesota or
safety concerns Friday the handcuffed Black man Hennepin County District a contiguous state as soon
as he issued new condi- pleaded for air before his Judge Peter Cahill said the as possible" and report it to
tions of release for an ex- death May 25. Chauvin state Department of Cor- his supervising officer. His
Minneapolis police officer was later charged with rections, which is supervis- address will be shared with
charged in the death of second-degree uninten- ing Chauvin while he's on local law enforcement,
George Floyd that would tional murder, third-de- release, presented evi- but anyone who is given
allow him to live in a neigh- gree murder and second- dence in private "support- his address is ordered to
boring state while he degree manslaughter. ing safety concerns that keep it confidential.
awaits trial. Chauvin's release trig- have arisen." The order The former officer must
Derek Chauvin posted $1 gered two nights of pro- did not say what that evi- also carry a cellphone and
million bond on Wednes- tests in Minneapolis and dence entailed. keep it on, charged and
This June 3, 2020 file photo day and was allowed to St. Paul. Gov. Tim Walz Chauvin's previous condi- in range so that the De-
provided by the Hennepin walk free from the maxi- mobilized National Guard tions prohibited him from partment of Corrections
County, Minn., Sheriff's Of- mum security state prison troops and state law en- leaving Minnesota with- can reach him at all times.
fice shows former Minne- where he had been held forcement officers to help out court permission and He must also surrender his
apolis police officer Derek
Chauvin, who is charged for his safety since short- keep the peace. Three ordered him to sign ex- passport. Cahill's order
with murder in the death of ly after his arrest. Floyd other fired former officers tradition waivers if he was said the defense and pros-
George Floyd. died after Chauvin, who who also face charges in released. Under the new ecution had agreed to the
Associated Press is white, pressed his knee the case were released on conditions, he "must estab- new terms.q