Will Biden's VP assume the role of Acting President under the 25th Amendment for 24 consecutive hours during his current term?
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Will the powers of the US President be temporarily transferred from Biden to his VP (currently Kamala Harris, but in case his VP changes then whoever his then-current VP is), via 25th amendment section 3 (Biden choosing to transfer power) or section 4 (VP and Cabinet choosing to transfer power), for a duration of at least 24 consecutive hours, during Biden's current term as President?
Biden has previously transferred power "last November for 85 minutes, when Biden was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy" (https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/politics/joe-biden-covid-19/index.html)
If Biden dies or otherwise leaves office, resolves NO (his successor becomes President, not Acting President).
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@MP yes, he can. I'm sure if he's kidnapped or something there are special provisions for that, but in general the president is still the president when abroad.
@MattP Yeah, nothing special about the president being abroad. The provision for if he's kidnapped or otherwise incapacitated is section 4 of the 25th amendment.
@jack Thinking about it, the Brazilian rule is dumb. (and can create weird outcomes when there is no vp)
Base rate: this has never happened in US history. The 25th amendment was adopted in 1967 (so there have been ~14 terms since then) and section 3 has been invoked a handful of times for short medical procedures <24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Invocations_and_considered_invocations
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