Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Joe Biden, Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Order Of Succession

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2244E
• Professor: Peter A Ferguson

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Presidential transition: only fifteen or forty-one presidents have served two full terms (soon = 16, eight vice presidents have taken office upon presidents death. Succession order: prez - vp - speaker - president pro tempore of senate - cabinet officers (in order of creation) The vice president: any power, can influence president if working together, break ties in senate & assumes office if president dies = constitutional power, they"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) given things to do. If preside(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to go so(cid:373)e(cid:449)here the(cid:374) vp (cid:272)a(cid:374) go. John adams: most significant office: cheney: good at foreign policy. Joe biden: obama bad at foreign policy and joe had a lot. Stepping stone: only 5 vp"s won the presidency in an election without having a president die. The 25th amendment: what if the president is incapacitated, long history: 20th c = 4 died in office, 3 others within 4 years (1 in 3 chance?)