twenty-fifth amendment

(noun)

The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

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  • The Twenty-Seven Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

    • The twenty-seven amendments serve two purposes: to protect the liberties of the people and to change original codes from the constitution.
    • There are 27 amendments to the constitution, the first 10 being the Bill of Rights .
    • The 21st makes the 18th amendment inactive, thereby un-banning alcohol.
    • The 22nd amendment states that no one can be elected President more than 2 terms.
    • Recall the number of amendments to the Constitution and their aims

  • The 21st Amendment

    • The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
    • The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
    • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
    • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  • The 23rd Amendment

    • The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President.
    • Constitution is amended.
    • The amendment (as a resolution) was passed by Congress on August 22, 1978, but failed to be ratified by the required 38 states prior to its expiration on August 22, 1985.
    • A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
    • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  • Amending the Constitution

    • The Articles of Confederation made amending the law very difficult, as all states had to agree to an amendment before it could pass.
    • There are two ways to propose amendments: First, states may call for a convention.
    • The other way is for Congress to pass amendments by a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate.
    • Alternatively, an amendment can be ratified by three-fourths of specially convoked state convention.
    • It called for a bicameral legislature along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally between the states.This agreement led to the Three-Fifths Compromise, which meant less populous Southern states were allowed to count three-fifths of all non-free people toward population counts and allocations.

  • The Fifth Amendment

    • The Fifth Amendment protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure.
    • Under the Red Scare hysteria at the time of McCarthyism, witnesses who refused to answer the questions were accused as "fifth amendment communists".
    • They lost jobs or positions in unions and other political organizations, and suffered other repercussions after "taking the fifth. "
    • The Fifth Amendment states that everyone deserves a Grand Jury in the case of a capital crime.

  • The 24th Amendment

    • The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
    • The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964.
    • Ratification of the amendment took only slightly more than a year, however, as it was rapidly ratified by state legislatures across the country from August 1962 to January 1964.
    • President Johnson called the amendment a "triumph of liberty over restriction" and "a verification of people's rights. " States that maintained the poll tax were more reserved.
    • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  • The 25th Amendment

    • The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
    • There are two documented instances in which invocation of Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment was considered, both of which involved the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.
    • If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
    • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, page 1.

  • The Third Intermediate Period

    • The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069-664 BCE) spanned the Twenty-first to Twenty-sixth Dynasties, and was marked by internal divisions within Egypt, as well as conquest and rule by foreigners.
    • The period of the Twenty-first Dynasty was characterized by the country's fracturing kingship.
    • The Twenty-second (c. 943-716 BCE) and Twenty-third (c. 880-720 BCE) Dynasties
    • The country was firmly reunited by the Twenty-second Dynasty, founded by Shoshenq I in approximately 943 BCE.
    • Following his military conquests, Piye established the Twenty-fifth Dynasty and appointed the defeated rulers as his provincial governors.

  • The 27th Amendment

    • The Twenty-seventh Amendment, adopted in 1992, prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives.
    • Congressional cost of living adjustments (COLAs) have been upheld against legal challenges based on this amendment.
    • Anderson, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Twenty-seventh Amendment does not affect annual COLAs.
    • Certification of the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution Pg 1 of 3.

  • "A More Perfect Union"

    • Twenty-five of the Convention's 55 delegates owned slaves, including all of the delegates from Virginia and South Carolina.
    • Finally, delegates agreed on the Three-Fifths Compromise, which was able to temporarily keep the young nation together.
    • It is a living and breathing document that can be amended with three-fourths of the state legislatures approval.
    • The first 10 amendments (additions to the Constitution), called the Bill of Rights, were added in 1791.
    • So far, there have been 27 amendments to the US Constitution.