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Advocates push Congress to create 25th Amendment commission

newsMay 2, 202611381

Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced legislation to create an independent commission to assess a president's fitness to serve under the 25th Amendment, and advocates are pressing Congress to pass the bill. Supporters are mobilizing contact campaigns and fundraising, including renewed 25th Amendment shirts with proceeds earmarked for the NAACP and ACLU, to increase pressure on lawmakers. Backers say an independent commission would provide a structured, nonpartisan mechanism to determine presidential incapacity and reduce political stalemates over a leader's ability to govern.

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