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[–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The 25th Amendment was passed after Kennedy was assassinated. The succession went cleanly afterwards, but it exposed the problem that might happen if a future incident put the President into a coma, or made it so he was still technically alive but unresponsive. That is the situation it was meant for. That's why the standard is so much higher than for impeachment -- it's meant for situations that have no other alternative.

(This is also why the President simply has to declare "Nah, I'm good" to get his powers back under the amendment.)

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