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Would that be Bannon? Can we find out? How do you know about this Directive 51. Sounds like something about Aliens. No, not that kind. The other kind. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 1:06 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] National Constitution Center every President signs a specific directive - for Bush it was Directive 51 - that designates one specific person who can decide the succession. Normally they would follow constitutional directives but can "skip" over someone in the sequence who they deem "unfit." Normally this would come into play only in extreme situations - like a bomb taking out the capital during a joint session / state of the nation address kind of thing. dave west On Sun, Feb 5, 2017, at 12:06 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: We got into a discussion on Friday about who can decide that the president is unfit. <https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxv> https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxv In the first instance, it’s principle officers of the executive branch … all Trump appointees except Pence. Only in the case of a conflict between those principle officers and the president does congress get involved, having the power to prevent the president from returning to office by vote of 2/3 of both houses. N ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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