Civil rights commentator Shaun King fancies himself a political expert. But it’s not clear that King is aware of how important government things—like the Constitution of the United States of America—actually function.
Concerned, as many are, that President Donald Trump’s weekend wiretap commentary demonstrated how Trump has a penchant for conspiracy theories and only a loose grasp on the job of the Department of Justice, King suggested that Trump be “recalled” and that an Amendment to the Constitution be introduced to provide for a “re-election.”
Thankfully, our Founding Fathers were prepared for King’s questions, all those centuries ago. King merely had to read the founding documents to get his answer (or, for that matter, consult Professor Google).
The 25th Amendment does allow the President to be declared “mentally unfit” for office, but that takes a literal act of Congress, in concert with the Vice President and on the advice of Cabinet members. Trump’s Twitter feed does not, in fact, qualify to render the President, “mentally unfit.”
Otherwise, impeachment is the only way that a President can be ousted and replaced (and even then, he’d be replaced by the Vice President, then the Speaker of the House, and so on).
The Founders, in their brilliance, designed the system of leadership, exactly this way: so that America—now a much larger country than most Parliamentary-style governments—wouldn’t be thrown into election every time someone got a bee in their bonnet about the President’s style.
Fortunately for King, he’s not the only left-leaning journalist to fail 12th grade civics. In February, MSNBC commentator Sally Kohn also decided to rewrite the parameters by which a government changes hands.
That’s…not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.
