• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    The trick with impeachment is you need more people on board. 50% of the House to impeach and 2/3rds of the Senate to convict.

    For the 25th amendment, it starts with Vance, who takes it to the cabinet, and it only take a majority of the cabinet.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/

    Scott Bessent - Secretary of the Treasury

    Pam Bondi Todd Blanche - Attorney General (acting)

    Doug Burgum - Secretary of the Interior

    Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Secretary of Labor

    Doug Collins - Secretary of Veterans Affairs

    Sean Duffy - Secretary of Transportation

    Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence

    Jamieson Greer - United States Trade Representative

    Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Secretary of Health and Human Services

    Kelly Loeffler - Administrator of the Small Business Administration

    Howard Lutnick - Secretary of Commerce

    Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education

    Markwayne Mullin - Secretary of Homeland Security

    John Ratcliffe - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

    Brooke Rollins - Secretary of Agriculture

    Marco Rubio - Secretary of State

    Scott Turner - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

    Russ Vought - Director of the Office of Management and Budget

    Chris Wright - Secretary of Energy

    Lee Zeldin - Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

    So 21 people in the cabinet, 11 votes needed to remove.

    So if you eliminate the obviously batshit crazy members of the cabinet:

    Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence

    Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Secretary of Health and Human Services

    Linda McMahon - Secretary of Education

    That still leaves 17 rational voters and you only need 11.

    Kelly Loeffler - Administrator of the Small Business Administration

    Brooke Rollins - Secretary of Agriculture

    Marco Rubio - Secretary of State

    I could see these three backing Trump, everyone else is a wild card.

    • uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website
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      20 days ago

      According to Wikipedia you only need a majority of the principal members which narrows it down to 15, basically just the ones with secretary or attorney general in their title. Acting titles can participate as well. Meaning you only need 8 voting yay