WASHINGTON: US Representative Jamie \u200cRaskin of Maryland told fellow House Democrats on Friday that he will introduce legislation creating a commission to facilitate the removal of any \u200bpresident deemed unable to carry out their duties, according to a House Judiciary Committee spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
A \u201cCommission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office\u201d bill was first introduced by Raskin, now the senior Democrat on the committee, in 2020, when Donald Trump was in his first presidential term.<\/p>\n
In recent days, Democrats in Congress have \u200cbegun talking about pushing \u200cfor the impeachment of Trump, \u200bnow \u200cin \u2060his second term, \u200bor \u2060trying to trigger the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, which provides the bare-bones process for taking away a president\u2019s power in a procedure separate from impeachment.<\/p>\n
Trump earlier this week caused widespread alarm and anger after he said \u201ca whole civilization will die\u201d in Iran unless its government agreed to allow ships \u2060to freely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. \u200cShipping there has been interrupted \u200cfollowing Trump\u2019s decision to launch, along with \u200bIsrael, a military attack on \u200cIran that began on February 28.<\/p>\n
The Raskin legislation is \u200cunlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled House, where Speaker Mike Johnson is a strong defender of Trump.<\/p>\n
Republicans in the House and Senate have blocked Democrats\u2019 moves to pass a separate resolution to end \u200cthe Iran war that was never authorized by Congress.<\/p>\n
The Raskin bill would create a 17-member \u2060bipartisan commission if \u2060it is determined that the president cannot perform the duties of the office because of physical disability or mental deficiency or because of drug or alcohol use or other conditions.<\/p>\n
Trump was subjected to two impeachment proceedings during his first term, each of which ended with acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n
Since then, most Democrats have shied away from talking about impeachment. But Trump\u2019s latest military foray in Iran and his failure to lay out clear objectives have emboldened many Democrats \u200bto begin talking about \u200bremoving Trump from power \u2014 a strategy that is not necessarily embraced by all in the party caucus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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