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1.  If the vice president and majority of the cabinet decide the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, what step do they take first? The amendment states that if, for whatever reason, the vice president and a majority of sitting Cabinet secretaries decide that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” they can simply put that down in writing and send it to two people — the speaker of the House and the Senate’s president pro tempore. 2. How many people does it take to make the vice president the acting president? One vice president and any eight Cabinet officers can, theoretically, decide to knock the president out of power at any time. Nine people. 3. What happens if the president disagrees with the VP & cabinet? If the president wants to dispute this move, he can, but then it would be up to Congress to settle the matter with a vote. A two-thirds majority in both houses would be necessary to keep the vi...

1. Why did the Trump administration decide to end the Voter Fraud Commission? The Trump administration determined that backing off was better than the alternative of endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, and it would cost too much money to continue. 2. What claims had Trump made about voter fraud? Trump claimed on Twitter, without any evidence whatsoever, that “millions” of people voting illegally had cost him the popular vote in the 2016 election. 3. What rate of voter fraud was found by a Loyola Law School study? Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt studied voter impersonation, the type of fraud that strict voter ID laws (which Trump supports) aim to curtail. Levitt found 35 total credible accusations between 2000 and 2014, constituting a few hundred ballots at most. During this 15-year period, more than 800 million ballots were cast in national general elections and hundreds of millions more were cast in primary, municipal, special, and other elections. ...