What is the 25th Amendment?

Civics 101

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History, Government, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Sometimes, news happens in the real world, and suddenly a political or civics topic becomes very top of mind for members of the public. And when that happens, we at Civics 101 often say, hey…we have an episode about that. DONATE TO THE SHOW! One of those conversations happened this week, after a tweet from President Trump related to the war in Iran had some conservative, traditionally pro-Trump voices evoking a specific part of the Constitution - the 25th Amendment. Back in 2022, we made an episode breaking down the 25th Amendment, and it’s pretty thorough about its history and what it means. So, given that it’s on folks’ minds right now, we’ve decided to drop that episode again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, Nick here. Sometimes news happens in the real world, and suddenly a political or
0:07.2	a civics topic becomes very top of mind for members of the public. One of those conversations
0:12.5	happened this week, after a truth social post from President Trump, related to the war in Iran,
0:18.7	had some conservative, traditionally pro-Trump voices evoking a specific
0:24.6	part of the Constitution, namely the 25th Amendment. Back in 2022, we made an episode of breaking
0:31.7	down the 25th Amendment, and it is pretty thorough about its history and what it means.
0:37.5	So given that it's on folks' minds right now,
0:40.2	we've decided to drop that episode in the feed today.
0:43.8	Please give it a listen.
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