The United States has a determined hierarchy for the presidential line of succession. If the elected president dies, resigns, is temporarily incapacitated, or is removed from office, the office of ...

And what happens if that person can’t do the job? That’s where the presidential line of succession comes in. It provides a very thorough path to transfer power. See if you can put the various ...

The details of the plan are revealed in the book, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” by Jonathan Allen ...

the vice president would assume the post. The Framers stipulated that Congress was empowered to establish the line of conferment and any implementation measures. The Succession Act of 1792 filled ...

The House speaker would have good reason to turn it down.