<P> The Twenty - fifth Amendment ( Amendment XXV ) to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities . It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II , Section 1 , Clause 6 of the Constitution , which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President or Acting President if the President dies , resigns , is removed from office , or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency . The Twenty - fifth Amendment was adopted on February 10 , 1967 . </P>
<P> The Twenty - fifth Amendment ( Amendment XXV ) to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities . It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II , Section 1 , Clause 6 of the Constitution , which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President or Acting President if the President dies , resigns , is removed from office , or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency . The Twenty - fifth Amendment was adopted on February 10 , 1967 . </P>
amendment 25 clarifies the rules of succession for the
amendment 25 clarifies the rules of succession for the
Presidency
Presidency