The sun., 1901-09-10
DISABILITY.
Ths 0asstisa ss shs viee.Pressdeats A.
sunptisn sf the Presidsat's Duties IN.
ha0tiveiy Examined snd ESpiatasd.


PROM Tnn svs q ssr. u. issi
The Constitution Of the United States
provides that:
In case Of the removal Of the Preadsnt from once
Or his death. of inability 10 discharge the po~en and
duties Of the said oet. the SAM shall devol'e On ths
Vice President and the ConEfess may. By Law provide
Tor the esse of removal death resignation. or Ina
biilty. both Of the President and Vice President
deslarinr What oroer shall thru sd As President
and such ofhcef shall sa seoordinry. until the Us
ability be removed OF Pftsaehi sasil be slse'sd-
The words inability and disability are
obviously used as synonymous In this sec
tion Of the Constitution: and the lexicog-
raphers define them as syn onyms.
What do these words. a. used in the Con-
stitution. meanp
Disability may b. moral. intellectual.
or physical. or IL may be all three Of these.
Must n President be disabled Ia all three
respects-that p. morally. intellectually.
and physically-to authorize the assump-
tion Of his Office 10y the vice-Prcsident'
Not necessarily. we apprehend IL he
were physically strong. and yet In con-
dition Of dementia. or of hopeless insanity.
We conclude the case provided for 10y the
Constitution would have arisen.
so II his Intellect retained Its brightness
and clearness. but he were speechlcss and
unable 20 move. such condition. II OF sum
Gent permsnency. might fill the Constitu-
tional requirement OF inability or disability
which xo,,ld au,horiz. and r.auir. the
VICE. .pr..i,ien, IN ex,rci-s the mower. and
du,i,.. ~ pr.sid.nt
B,,, Va. do no, conc.iye that every tran
.,.p, ar t.nnorarv .usuension Of certain
,n.,tal or physlcal movers Of the President
onn.. within this Constitutional provision
Al bu, ona Of the Preside n,a that this
oo,,n,,v has ave-, had have he..n disabled
20 discharge the power. and duties OF the
of,,c. about one-third of IN. time. or eight
ho,,r~ ou, Of tw.nt =. four by slepp. which the
old Greeks tell ,,s ia the brother of death
ye, no yice. .pr..ie,.n, aver coneeiyed the
id.a of taking ,h. oath Of Office as pr,sid.nt
the monen, The pre-icent fell asleep
tn. .,c.p,ion wa. John Quincy Adans
who used 20 limi, his sl.ep 90 four hours. and
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