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==Purpose==
==Purpose==
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This Amendment, ratified in 1967, was adopted in response to President Eisenhower's heart attack and the assassination of President Kennedy. There were earlier concerns when President Wilson had a very disabling stroke but stayed in power because his wife and the White House concealled the illness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/woodrowwilson|title=Woodrow Wilson|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>, along with the sudden and unexpected death of President Roosevelt (Franklin) while on vacation. Given the pressure of the [[Cold War]] to have a President always available to provide leadership, even in the event of an illness, a clear procedure was needed to define who could make decisions as Commander-in-Chief. Some argue that the amendment could be misused to authorized the president to handpick his successor by (1) obtaining the resignation of the vice-president, (2) appointing a new vice-president, and then (3) resigning. Six years later, President Nixon handpicked the future President Ford in this manner, without Ford ever being elected president. (Of course, the new Vice President was confirmed by the United States Congress.)
This Amendment, ratified in 1967, was adopted in response to President Eisenhower's heart attack and the assassination of President Kennedy. There were earlier concerns when President Wilson had a very disabling stroke but stayed in power because his wife and the White House concealled the illness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/woodrowwilson|title=Woodrow Wilson|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}</ref>, along with the sudden and unexpected death of President Roosevelt (Franklin) while on vacation. Given the pressure of the [[Cold War]] to have a President always available to provide leadership, even in the event of an illness, a clear procedure was needed to define who could make decisions as Commander-in-Chief. Some argue that the amendment could be misused to authorized the president to handpick his successor by (1) obtaining the resignation of the vice-president, (2) appointing a new vice-president, and then (3) resigning. Six years later, President Nixon handpicked the future President Ford in this manner, without Ford ever being elected president. (Of course, the new Vice President was confirmed by the United States Congress.)