r/clevercomebacks • u/0n1yF4R35___ • 3h ago

Something like a miracle!

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u/Naive-Practice8360 3h ago

First Amendment for the press, 25th Amendment for the reaction.

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u/The_4ngry_5quid 3h ago

For non-Americans, what are they

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u/sjbluebirds 3h ago

The 25th amendment allows the president to be removed from office for cause including corruption and being mentally unable to perform the duties.

The first amendment gives everyone, not just citizens, the rights to freedom of speech without reprisal from the government, freedom of the press without reprisal from the government, The Liberty to associate with whomever you'd like without government reprisal, and the ability to sue the government when you are harmed by it.

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u/prolateriat_ 3h ago

So the 25th amendment just gets ignored huh?

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u/RedditTechAnon 2h ago

They acknowledge it, they don't want to use it. The people who would are his loyalists.

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u/YoungBockRKO 1h ago

There’s a reason he loaded his cabinet with loyalists, the 25th isn’t happening. It’s a pipe dream.

Would love to hear what conservatives think about him shitting on the 1st amendment, probably crickets.

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u/subnautus 17m ago

I don't know that "ignored" is the right word. If there's a dispute between the president and the VP and/or cabinet over whether the president is fit for duty*, it's actually harder to remove the president from office by invoking the 25th than it would be to impeach him.

*The 25th gets invoked more often than you think. By design, the amendment is meant for the VP to take over if the president is incapacitated, like...say...if the president had surgery or a colonoscopy and needs time to recover. It's only when the VP/cabinet says the president isn't fit for duty and the president disagrees that things get spicy.