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Originally Posted by mapuc
Well the question is:
As sitting President, is Biden fit for office if we look closely on your 25th Amendment ?
Markus
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Well Markus the 25th doesn't make that determination one way or the other. It only provides the legal means to transfer power in the event it becomes necessary
The rest of the wiki paragraph that I posted above:
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It also provides for the temporary transfer of the president's powers and duties to the vice president, either on the initiative of the president alone or on the initiative of the vice president together with a majority of the president's cabinet. In either case, the vice president becomes acting president until the presidential powers and duties are returned to the president.
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Taking over presidential duties in the event of incapacitation would be a decision made by the Veep and a majority of the Presidents Cabinet and note it would be only temporary.
Also see the article on
Acting Presidents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting..._United_States
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The vice president immediately assumes the presidency in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of the president from office. Likewise, were a president-elect to die during the transition period, or decline to serve, the vice president-elect would become president on Inauguration Day. A vice president can also become the acting president if the president becomes incapacitated; should the presidency and vice presidency both become vacant, the statutory successor called upon would not become president but would only be acting as president. To date, three vice presidents—George H. W. Bush (once), Dick Cheney (twice), and Kamala Harris (once)—have served as acting president. No one lower in the presidential line of succession has so acted.
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