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    Questions on Trump's mental fitness put focus on 25th Amendment

    Is President Donald Trump crazy? Not can-you-believe-he-really-said-that? crazy. Certifiably-mentally-unfit-to-serve-as-president crazy. It's an outlandish assertion _ insulting, really _ and a measure of the antipathy of Trump's critics that some, including members of Congress, have seriously raised the subject. Which brings us to the 25th Amendment. Born of the Cold War and enacted after the ...
    by By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Aug 26, 2017 3 minutes

    Is President Donald Trump crazy?

    Not can-you-believe-he-really-said-that? crazy. Certifiably-mentally-unfit-to-serve-as-president crazy.

    It's an outlandish assertion _ insulting, really _ and a measure of the antipathy of Trump's critics that some, including members of Congress, have seriously raised the subject. Which brings us to the 25th Amendment.

    Born of the Cold War and enacted after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the language amounts to a bit of technical housekeeping appended to the Constitution. It outlines the presidential line of succession, including procedures in the event, as the amendment states, the chief

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