Maryland Carey Law constitutional law expert Professor Mark Graber, JD is prepared to discuss the 25th amendment to the constitution in light of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement during a Thursday news conference that she’ll be “talking about the 25th amendment” on Friday.
The 25th amendment clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office; and establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and for responding to presidential disabilities.
Graber can explain:
- Basic background on how the 25th amendment works.
- The 25th amendment in the context of the current presidential campaign.
- The politics of constitutional hardball. People taking constitutional positions that are consistent with the letter of the constitution, but inconsistent with conventional practice.
Graber is recognized as one of the leading scholars in the country on constitutional law and politics. He is the author of A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism (Oxford University Press, 2013) and co-editor of American Constitutionalism: Volume I: Structures of Government (Oxford University Press, 2016) and American Constitutionalism: Powers, Rights, and Liberties (Oxford University Press, 2014).
He is available for interviews by phone and by Zoom.
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