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Iranians react to U.S.-Israel ceasefire in the war on Iran<\/p>\n
Crowds gathered in Tehran as Iranians react to a two week ceasefire in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n
Markey had originally called for Trump\u2019s removal after he threatened to wipe out a \u201cwhole civilization\u201d if Iran did not capitulate to U.S. demands.He doubled down on that call even after the United States and Iran came to a ceasefire on April 7.Markey, along with others like Greene and the NAACP, said that the cabinet and the Vice President must invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump.<\/p>\n
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is\u00a0calling for the removal<\/a>\u00a0of President Donald Trump over his actions in Iran \u2013\u00a0even after the United States and Iran\u00a0came to a ceasefire<\/a>\u00a0on April 7.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad there is a reported ceasefire deal with Iran. But we shouldn\u2019t be in this illegal war in the first place. And Donald Trump can\u2019t simply threaten war crimes with impunity,\u201d Markey posted on social media April 7. \u201cCongress needs to get back in session now to stop this war and remove Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n Markey had originally called for Trump\u2019s removal, either by impeachment or through the 25th Amendment, after the president threatened to\u00a0wipe out a \u201cwhole civilization\u201d<\/a>\u00a0if Iran did not capitulate to U.S. demands.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has threatened war crimes on an apocalyptic scale and appears eager to commit them, including through the possible use of nuclear weapons,\u201d Markey said\u00a0in a statement.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe Congress must act now.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump threatens Iran<\/p>\n On April 7, Trump issued a\u00a0strongly worded threat\u00a0<\/a>against Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don\u2019t want that to happen, but it probably will,\u201d he posted on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n The post prompted\u00a0backlash across the aisle<\/a>, with Democrats like Markey and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to even former Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u00a0suggesting<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Trump should be removed from office.<\/p>\n What is the 25th amendment?Markey, along with others like Greene and the NAACP, said that the cabinet and the Vice President must\u00a0invoke the 25th\u00a0Amendment<\/a>\u00a0to remove Trump.<\/p>\n The\u00a025th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution<\/a>\u00a0lays out the rules of succession for the presidential office and those for presidential disability or removal.<\/p>\n Part of the amendment outlines the process for a removal of a president who is unable or unwilling to perform their duties. In the case the president is incapable of serving but does not voluntarily transfer power, they can be declared unable to hold the position by the vice president, along with a “majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide.”<\/p>\n The terms “unable” and “inability” were left intentionally broad, according to the\u00a0National Constitution Center<\/a>. Legal scholars have cited impeachment, physical disability or “political emergencies” like kidnapping as potential scenarios for the use of Section 4.<\/p>\n Can the 25th\u00a0Amendment be used to remove Trump?<\/p>\n Theoretically, the 25th Amendment can be invoked by or against any sitting president. However, the bar for clearing its use is much higher than for other actions like impeachment.<\/p>\n Modern interpretations from scholars at institutions like\u00a0Cornell Law<\/a>\u00a0and the Congressional Research Service say the majority, if not all, of the acting Cabinet heads would need to sign on with the vice president to put Section 4 into action.\u00a0<\/p>\n Neither\u00a0JD Vance<\/a>\u00a0and nor any of the relevant Cabinet members have expressed support for removing Trump or taking punitive action against him. And it\u2019s also unclear whether Trump would qualify as being \u201cunable\u201d to serve as president.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, invoking the 25th\u00a0is not\u00a0realistic\u00a0right\u00a0now, given his oddball cabinet of sycophants and eccentrics, and Republican \u2019spines of foam,\u2019\u201d Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said\u00a0on social media<\/a>\u00a0April 7. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to buckle down and win this the old-fashioned way.\u201d<\/p>\n Can Trump be impeached?<\/p>\n Markey also said that Trump could be removed through the impeachment process.\u00a0<\/p>\n To impeach a president, the House must pass the articles of impeachment by a\u00a0simple majority vote<\/a>. Then,\u00a0two-thirds<\/a>\u00a0of the Senate must vote to convict and remove him.<\/p>\n Trump was impeached twice by the House of Representatives during his first term, but the Senate did not convict and remove him from office.<\/p>\n It\u2019s likely that impeachment would be difficult now as both the House and the Senate are currently controlled by Republicans, few of whom have expressed interest in impeaching Trump.<\/p>\n What to know about the ceasefire<\/p>\n