House lawmakers have already impeached Trump twice, only for the Senate to acquit him both times.

It's a steep hurdle, and legal experts said it was extremely unlikely that Trump's vice president and Cabinet would agree to boot him from office.Īnother option: yet another Trump impeachment. He would be removed only if two-thirds of both chambers of Congress voted to do so. That vice president 'could be his son, or whoever else that happens to be,' Gerhardt said.Īlternatively, the 25th Amendment includes a mechanism for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit for office. Trump could theoretically hand over power to his vice president for an extended period of time if he wanted to declare himself unable to serve as commander in chief. 'I guess a very credible argument could be made that he is disabled under the plain language of that amendment,' Gerhardt said. 15, 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of rescue cat Larry becoming Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office in a bid to deal with a rat problem at 10 Downing Street. That's because the US Constitution establishes the requirements to run for president, and changing or adding to those requirements would almost certainly require ratification of a constitutional amendment - a feat that hasn't been achieved in nearly 30 years. 15, 2011 file photo, Larry the new cat for 10 Downing Street, the official residence for the British Prime Minister, arrives at his new home London. The measure never cleared the Illinois House, and therefore didn't become law.īallot-access measures almost always create legal fights. The Illinois Senate, for example, voted to compel Trump to release five years of his personal income-tax returns - he has famously refused to publicly release them - or be barred from appearing on the state's presidential ballot. Those bills gave Democrats plenty of headlines but didn't go far.ĭuring the 2020 election, efforts continued. State legislatures, particularly in Democratic-led states, could attempt to pass laws that would make it more difficult for Trump to qualify.Īs of February 2017, 18 states had introduced bills that looked at requiring presidential candidates to disclose income-tax returns to be placed on the general-election ballot, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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