Amendment XXV : Presidential Disability and Succession

A good social studies education is grounded in an understanding of how the Constitution - the blueprint for a democratic society - works. Each volume in this series opens with the text of an amendment accompanied by a student-friendly translation. Chapters then use diverse primary and secondary sources to put the amendment in historical context, examine how it has been tested, and present current controversies and debates.

This title covers the twenty-fifth amendment, which established the line of succession in the event of the president?s death as well as what to do in the case of the president?s disability. A variety of sources explore why the amendment was proposed less than two years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the situations in which it was and was not invoked after ratification, and calls to clarify or change it.