Essay On 25th Amendment

An amendment to the Constitution is an improvement, a correction or a revision to the original Constitution which was made in 1788. Today, 27 Amendments have been approved, many have been disapproved and thousands have been discussed. Amending the constitution can be a hard and sometimes very long process. There are three basic steps to amend the Constitution, that are explained to be easy, but completing them is a really difficult process. First, the Congress or States pass a bill proposing a change in the Constitution. Proposed amendments must be approved by ⅔ of Congress, and then proposed to on the ballot at the states’ next general elections. Once they are placed on the ballots, the bill must be passed by ¾ of the states. If the bill is passed by ⅔ of Congress and ¾ of the states, the bill becomes a law.

The amendment I chose was the 25th amendment, because I thought it had an important role in what happens throughout the governing system. The 25th amendment has four important sections. One example out of the four sections is in the event of death,

(1)If the current President dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the Vice President is put in power. (2)If the Vice President position is unfilled, the President must immediately elect one candidate that will be voted on and approved(or unapproved) by the Congress. (3)The President can also give his power to the Vice President if he creates a written document. For the President to regain power after giving his power to the Vice President, there must be a second declaration that ends this condition. (4)The last section states that it is considered an emergency status, where the vice president and the cabinet decide that president is unfit at the moment to carry out the duties of a president. Sections 1-3 have been used at least once before, but the fourth section has