Georgetown Center for the Constitution

Presidential Succession

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

Article II

Section 1

Clause 8

Richard Albert, The Evolving Vice Presidency, 78 Temp. L. Rev. 811 (2005).

Reviewing the constitutional and political origins of the office of the Vice President, including the compromises and concessions that led to the creation of the office.
Joel K. Goldstein, The New Constitutional Vice Presidency, 30 Wake Forest L. Rev. 505 (1995).

Examining the constitutional origins of the vice presidency and arguing that the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s conception of the role is a sharp departure from the limited office the Framers intended.