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Adopted on February 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for the Vice President to become Acting President in certain situations. Highly likely to be applied at some point in a drama in which the President is a major character, mostly for reasons of the Rule of Drama—in reality, the Amendment has only been applied seven times. Of these, three had to do with the debacle that was the Nixon presidency and four had to do with the health of the Presidential pooper: When Gerald Ford was appointed Vice President by Richard Nixon after Spiro Agnew resigned (1973). When Ford succeeded to the Presidency after Nixon resigned (the Amendment superseded the ambiguous provision in Article II of the Constitution) (1974). When Ford appointed Nelson Rockefeller Vice President (1974). When Ronald Reagan, having discovered a potentially cancerous lesion during a routine colonoscopy, made George H. W. Bush Acting President while Reagan was under anesthesia (1985). Twice, when George W. Bush was undergoing a colonoscopy and temporarily made Dick Cheney Acting President during the procedure (2002 and 2007). When Joe Biden was undergoing a colonoscopy and temporarily made Kamala Harris Acting President during the procedure (2021). Incidentally, all but one of these instances involved Republicans.note The ones surrounding Nixon can perhaps be chalked up to coincidence, but colonoscopies are generally prescribed once every 5-10 years after about the age of 50. Democratic Presidents since Nixon have been substantially younger (Carter took office at 52, Clinton at 46, Obama at 47) than their Republican counterparts (Nixon at 56, Ford at 61, Reagan at 69, H.W. at 64, Dubya at 54, Trump at 70), with the sole exception of the 78-year-old Democrat Joe Biden. |
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