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Practice question: Power to Determine President’s Inability to Discharge Duties

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Practice question

Distinguish a contested presidential inability decision from an ordinary claim that the Vice-President has permanently succeeded to a vacant presidency. Why should a congressional inability determination not be described automatically as removal?

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 11: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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