That president was Richard Nixon. After the Watergate scandal shocked the country, Nixon was told he could either step down or face impeachment and punishment. He decided to resign instead of staying in office.

President Donald Trump’s latest shot across the bow—a letter to the Prime Minister of Norway that critics say carries an implied threat of war over Greenland following his failure to receive the Nobel Peace Prize — has once again prompted calls for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

The authors of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution established and explained the complete order of presidential succession, as well as a series of contingency plans to fill any executive vacancies. It was written as a response to the weaknesses found in ...

The authors of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution established and explained the complete order of presidential succession, as well as a series of contingency plans to fill any executive vacancies. It was written as a response to the weaknesses found in ...

“We’re not at a 25 th Amendment level yet.” According to Michael Wolff’s 2018 book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, that’s what staffers were saying in the president’s residence during the first year of his first term. That “yet ...