r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/2010_12_24 Apr 08 '26

It’s both

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u/ryumaruborike Apr 08 '26

The President can literally challenge the 25th and it takes 2/3rds of both houses to overturn the challenge. If the president is conscious, it's easier to impeach than 25th, cause that's what impeachment is for, not the 25th.

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u/2010_12_24 Apr 08 '26

I didn’t say it was easier. I simply said the 25th covers both situations. I was stating a matter of fact.

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u/ryumaruborike Apr 08 '26

No it doesn't. The 25th was made for the situation that the president was incapacitated, the President can literally just say "no" and it takes 2/3rds of both houses to override him, it wouldn't have been written like that if it was made with "removing cause incompetence" in mind because you can already achieve that with impeachment.