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17 Nov 2019, 10:10 am by Guest Blogger
Article I, Section 3, Clause 5—the Senate Officers Clause—provides that “The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
Trump, Patrick Leahy, Democratic Senator from Vermont, will preside in his capacity as Senate President Pro Tempore. [read post]
10 Jan 2021, 1:14 pm by lennyesq
More specifically, Section 4 of 25th Amendment states that: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,… [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 10:23 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Constitutionally specified leaders, namely the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate, can be identified since the First Congress. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 8:44 am by Gerard N. Magliocca
Section Four of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment states, in part:Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice… [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 9:00 am by John A. Emmons
”  You can read the letter here, or below: Letter to the Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148) Dear Mr. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 6:00 am by Liz Klebaner
The bill was authored by California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria and Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 4:45 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
An excerpt: Petitioners, the Honorable Greg Treat, Senate President Pro Tempore, and the Honorable Charles McCall, Speaker of the House, request the Court to assume original jurisdiction to declare that the new tribal gaming compacts between the State and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and between the State and the Kialegee Tribal Town are invalid under Oklahoma law. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 11:23 am
The CJ will be sworn in by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate (literally "the oldest guy in the room"). [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 11:00 pm by Steven Calabresi
"  For most of American history, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate have been ahead of the Cabinet in the line of succession to the presidency. [read post]
8 Apr 2017, 12:08 pm by John Bellinger
  The text is here: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2017       TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE       April 8, 2017       Dear Mr. [read post]
16 Sep 2021, 10:07 am by Joanna Kamvouris
According to the schedule released by Senate President Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey, the General Assembly will return to vote on redistricting before adjourning the 2021 session sine die. [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 2:20 pm by Eugene Volokh
The Constitution provides that "the Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 2:30 am by Scott Bomboy
 Foster was the Senate president pro tempore in 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Once there he issued a formal call for a special session of the Senate to choose a new president pro tempore. [read post]
8 Feb 2024, 3:45 pm by Steven Calabresi
"  That would mean that the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is unconstitutional because it allows either the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to serve simultaneously as a Member of either House and to hold the Presidency in the absence of both a President and a Vice President, which Presidency is wrongly said to be an "Office under the United… [read post]