Democrats are pushing to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office after controversial statements about Iran, with Rep. Jamie Raskin proposing a commission to assess his fitness to serve. Section four of the amendment requires the vice president and a majority of cabinet officers to declare a president unfit, followed by a two-thirds congressional vote to remove him, though legal experts say invocation remains politically unlikely given Republican control of Congress.
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Democrats are pushing to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office after controversial statements about Iran, with Rep. Jamie Raskin proposing a commission to assess his fitness to serve. Section four of the amendment requires the vice president and a majority of cabinet officers to declare a president unfit, followed by a two-thirds congressional vote to remove him, though legal experts say invocation remains politically unlikely given Republican control of Congress.