25TH Amendment 1967
on nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy lay lifeless at parkland hospital in dallas. The uncertainty about who was charge of the nation led his vice president lyndon B. Johnson to be sworn in on an airplane on the tarmac at dallas airport. searching for a way to end ambiguity about who was in power in moments of crisis. Congress crafted a new amendment. it allowed for the vice president to temporarily assume the duties of chief executive if the president deemed himself, or was determined by the vice president and a majority of the cabinet, unable to fulfill the duties of office