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Also, as an aside, as small a matter as it may seem in the moment - in addition to the technical issues I raised earlier, I genuinely feel that Impeachment is the correct remedy here not the 25th Amendment.

The 25th Amendment is really only meant for when the President is basically physically unable to perform the duty. Now, if Pence and the Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment on the grounds of Trump being unfit from a mental competence standpoint that would be an appropriate use of the 25th Amendment. And to be clear, I think that case can be made. But the 25th Amendment was not intended to be used to depose a President who is "technically" able to discharge the duty.

If Pence, the Cabinet, and the GOP want to argue that Trump has become mentally unhinged and is therefore unable to discharge the duty of President then fine. But if they're not this Amendment wasn't meant as a "break glass if grossly fascist" that's still Impeachment. It would be another dereliction of duty by Congress to dodge what they might perceive as a tough vote (but it really, really isn't, especially after yesterday)

Again, I know a lot of people might not want to hear about precedent and shit but I'm not arguing "Oh do nothing because the precedent would be bad" I'm saying there are two options here that lead you to the same result and one is better suited for this moment - barring Pence and company going a route I don't think they will take (and even then it's still the better option because Impeachment can allow for disqualification.)

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