Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional law constitutional provision

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.

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Label	Occurrences
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	9
Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment	1
Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Twenty-fifth Amendment	1
U.S. Const. amend. XXV	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21238 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Presidential Succession Act, basedOn, Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution]

A. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
B. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.
C. Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1933 amendment that shortened the "lame duck" period by changing the start and end dates of presidential and congressional terms and clarifying procedures for presidential succession.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a provision in the Bill of Rights that reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government, serving as a key foundation for American federalism and states’ rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.

A. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
B. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1804 amendment that reformed the presidential election process by requiring separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president to prevent electoral deadlocks and conflicts between running mates.
C. Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1933 amendment that shortened the "lame duck" period by changing the start and end dates of presidential and congressional terms and clarifying procedures for presidential succession.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a provision in the Bill of Rights that reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government, serving as a key foundation for American federalism and states’ rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedBy	United States of America ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	Vice President and a majority of the principal officers of the executive departments to declare the President unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office ⓘ Vice President and such other body as Congress may by law provide to declare the President unable ⓘ
cameIntoEffectInDecade	1960s ⓘ
citation	U.S. Const. amend. XXV ⓘ linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
clarifies	procedures for dealing with presidential inability ⓘ procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President ⓘ procedures for presidential succession ⓘ
containsSection	Section 1 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ
defines	that the Vice President becomes President upon the removal, death, or resignation of the President ⓘ
definesRole	Acting President ⓘ linked to: Vice President of the United States
ensures	orderly transfer of presidential power in cases of death, resignation, removal, or inability ⓘ
establishes	procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn	continuity of the executive branch ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
motivatedBy	concerns about presidential succession and disability ⓘ
numberInSequence	25 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1965-07-06 ⓘ
providesFor	involuntary transfer of presidential powers and duties to the Vice President ⓘ procedure for resolving disputes when the President contests a declaration of inability ⓘ resumption of presidential powers by the President upon written declaration ⓘ voluntary transfer of presidential powers and duties to the Vice President ⓘ
ratifiedAfter	assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1967-02-10 ⓘ
requires	confirmation of the Vice President by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress ⓘ nomination of a Vice President by the President ⓘ two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to keep the Vice President as Acting President over the President’s objection ⓘ written declaration by the President to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ⓘ written declaration to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ⓘ
subject	presidential disability ⓘ presidential succession ⓘ vice presidential vacancy ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Succession Act → basedOn → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Presidential Succession Act → relatedTo → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Vice President of the United States → constitutingInstrument → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

VPOTUS → alsoMentionedIn → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → containsSection → Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → citation → U.S. Const. amend. XXV ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Vice President of the United States → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject linked to: VP

Birch Bayh → authorOf → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Birch Bayh → notableWork → Twenty-fifth Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

U.S. presidents → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → hasBeenModifiedBy → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate → constitutionalBasis → Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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