Season 4, Episode 31 (Show 188): Stepping Aside and Its Implications

July 30, 2024

We’re back early again in the aftermath of President Biden ending his candidacy in a historic act of virtue; what are the constitutional implications?

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President Biden has stepped aside as a candidate, and as promised, we look at what’s next from a variety of points of view.  Some Republicans, notably the Speaker, are claiming that the President should actually resign or step back under the 25th amendment. What would this mean? Meanwhile, we have a lot more in this early episode, including a reader’s question on Barack Obama; another on Edmund Burke; a preview of an amazing EverScholar program; a preview of Biden’s Supreme Court proposed reform; and more.

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Show Notes:

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Applications and Implications of the 25th Amendment - Akhil Reed Amar

Professor Amar gives an address and out of that comes this article from the Houston Law Review on the many unexpected uses and twists in the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

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America's Constitution, A Biography, excerpt

Footnote 8, page 622, from Professor Amar’s 2005 book, America’s Constitution, A Biography, is on point when discussing Barack Obama’s eligibility to be elected Vice President.

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