Issa floats constitutional amendment to let Congress, SCOTUS remove president after Biden health 'cover-up'

Rep. Darrell Issa connected Friday suggested that the House should see taking up a law amendment to marque it easier to region a president who is incapable to execute the occupation successful effect to the alleged cover-up of erstwhile President Joe Biden's declining intelligence state.

Issa, R-Calif., who is simply a subordinate of the House Judiciary Committee, said that actions taken by Biden medication officials to support Americans successful the acheronian astir his wellness amusement that the provisions successful the 25th Amendment whitethorn beryllium insufficient. That amendment allows the Vice President and the Cabinet to region a president from his relation if helium is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." 

"The initiation was ever intended to beryllium the vice president and the furniture based connected the presumption that they would instrumentality their oath and their reflection earnestly and that they were closest to the president to cognize if that lawsuit was needed," Issa told Fox News. "It present looks arsenic though their impartiality tin beryllium questioned."

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Former President Joe Biden talks to reporters connected the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, successful Washington, aft returning from Rehoboth Beach, Del.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Issa added: "If that's the case, the different 2 branches request to beryllium brought successful in immoderate mode into the process of asserting that the president whitethorn beryllium incapable to execute his duties and determining that successful a just and, if necessary, nationalist way."

The different 2 branches successful this lawsuit would apt beryllium Congress and the Supreme Court. 

Issa's comments travel arsenic the House Oversight Committee is acceptable to interrogation 3 Biden medication officials adjacent week astir the erstwhile president's decline. Former Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden volition conscionable with the committee Tuesday. Former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernthal volition conscionable with the committee Thursday. Former White House Physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor volition attest nether subpoena connected Friday. 

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Rep. Darrell Issa attends the 3rd time of the Republican National Convention astatine the Fiserv Forum connected Jul. 17, 2024, successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The committee besides has interviews scheduled with erstwhile medication officials Annie Tomasini and Ashley Williams. And it's seeking interviews with respective officials successful the Biden interior circle, including erstwhile Chief of Staff Ron Klain and erstwhile Senior Advisor to the President for Communications Anita Dunn. 

Also among the questions investigators volition person is whether immoderate Biden officials utilized the autopen to authorize enforcement actions without the president's permission. 

The results of that investigation, according to Issa, could assistance pass precisely however to constitute this imaginable law amendment.

"What Chairman Comer is doing is highly important due to the fact that he's fundamentally doing the fact-finding for the Judiciary Committee, which is going to undoubtedly instrumentality up a imaginable amendment to the 25th Amendment," Issa said. 

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The House Oversight Committee is acceptable to interrogation 3 Biden medication officials adjacent week astir the erstwhile president's decline.  (AP)

There is simply a precise precocious threshold to amend the Constitution – a two-thirds ballot successful each enclosure and ratification by three-quarters of states. So, if an amendment does materialize from the Judiciary Committee, it would look a pugnacious roadworthy to marque it done Congress, adjacent with unified Republican control. But Issa says it's worthy making an effort to amended the system. 

"Since it didn't work, we person to ask, is determination different mode to marque it enactment amended successful the future?" helium asked.