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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Thorough and scary article from The Atlantic on Biden's chances of getting it
.
Definitely seems like he could still develop it, unfortunately, because false-negative tests are apparently very common right after infection.
Walter Reed is the de facto medical institution for Presidents. That's an historical fact. It means nothing except that he's receiving care in a hospital setting.
The 25th Amendment requires a declaration from a majority of the Cabinet that the President is unable to execute the duties of his office. It doesn't make reference to any specific diagnosis or condition. Historically, it means they are under anesthesia or sedation in such a way that they are not aware and able to give orders.
ETA: I cannot wait to hear what Rachel Maddow has to say about this tonight.
Edited by Fighteer on Oct 2nd 2020 at 5:41:19 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"When this was last brought up (I think in reference to Rod Rosenstein invoking the 25th) is that while it takes the whole cabinet to invoke the 25th the President can unilaterally revoke the 25th.
Effectively meaning that the President has to be physically or mentally unable to counter the decision of the cabinet in order for the 25th to stick.
Edit: I knew uninvoke wasn't the right word. Changed to revoke.
Edited by singularityshot on Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:49:12 AM
The Evil Turtle has vowed to ram through Barrett's nomination soonest
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It takes half the Cabinet plus the Vice President, not the whole cabinet.
And if the President countermands the cabinet, Congress then then has the option of removing the President by 2/3rds majority in both houses.
This would be a higher bar then traditional impeachment, so it realistically would only be used in a situation where the President managed to stammer out "I am capable of severing as President" in a message to Congress but literally no one bought it.
I'm waiting for the announcement from McConnell that the Senate will permit remote voting in order to minimise possible exposure to the virus...
...in a complete 180 from his decision 6 months ago if I recall correctly.
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Cheers for the additional detail, didn't realize there was another step that could be taken.
Edited by singularityshot on Oct 2nd 2020 at 3:00:04 AM
CNBC also relayed the info that Trump is going to Walter Reed
, though it should be noted that it could genuinely be as a precautionary measure - as in the symptoms are still mild, but better to get him there before shit hits the fan rather than while it's worsening.
Biden is taking precautions just in case and is keeping his mask on
at a speech to avoid infecting anyone.
President Nancy Patricia Pelosi has a nice ring to it.

If we assume Trump did have mild symptoms this morning, the virus has this thing of having a fast onset.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."