Amendment 25

1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.



2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.


3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.


4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.


Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.


This amendment discusses a sucession plan should the president be unable to perform his duties. It was a necessay amendment and written because of the assasinaition of JFK.
Pakistan minister survives attack



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The chief minister of the western Pakistani province of Baluchistan has survived an assassination attempt in Khuzdar, government officials told CNN.

Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaaf, a member of President Pervez Musharraf's ruling party, was not hurt in Monday's attack, the officials said.


A policeman was killed and two others were wounded, however.


On Sunday, gunmen opened fire on shoppers in a Khuzdar market, killing six people, five of them Pakistani soldiers.


Officials said they have not received a claim of responsibility for either attack.

A group calling itself the Islamabouli Brigades of al Qaeda claimed responsibility Saturday for a bomb attack on Shauket Aziz, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's hand-picked choice for the next prime minister.


Aziz survived, but the suicide attack, in Fateh Jang about 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Islamabad, killed nine people and wounded 25.

The group warned Pakistan to stop cooperating with the United States or face more attacks.


The claim of responsibility said: "One of our blessed battalions tried to hunt a head of one of the American infidels in Pakistan while he was returning from Fateh Jang, but God wanted him to live."

It said the attack "will be followed by a series of painful strikes if you don't stop complying to the wicked (President) Bush's orders.

"We will give you the chance to stop these actions. Otherwise, we will behave in a different way in Pakistan and turn it into a bloody war against you and whoever supports your policies.


"This is our last warning to you if you don't comply. We will have a different answer to you. Our brigades will talk to you in the language of blood in the coming days -- the language you understand very well."


-- CNN producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad contributed to this story


This article is about an assasination attempt on leader in Pakistan. If this happened in America we would have a plan to move a new leader into power.


This video is of President Reagan's assassination attempt. Had he been killed the vice president would have been made president.