I am perplexed by Speaker Pelosi's suggestion that military officers can bar the Commander in Chief from exercising his constitutional authority under Article II. https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/pelosi-calls-gen-milley-to-block-trump-from-using-nuclear-codes/
Pelosi calls Gen. Milley to block ‘unhinged’ Trump from using nuclear codes

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the Pentagon’s top general on Thursday and urged him to add extra precautions to stop what she called an “unhinged” President Trump

https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/pelosi-calls-gen-milley-to-block-trump-from-using-nuclear-codes/
...I know of no authority by which the nuclear codes can be withheld from the President absent a declaration under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. Absent such a declaration, such an action would be grounds for the removal of any military officer...
...The same is true for the exercise of other executive privileges and powers. It would be akin to Trump asking the House clerk not to accept any bills or carry out legislative functions at Pelosi's request...
...Pelosi can start a 25th Amendment review from the House but the speech does not, in my opinion, constitute a basis for such an action. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/01/07/be-careful-invoking-25th-amendment-against-trump-editorials-debates/6582736002/
25th Amendment is designed to address constitutional, not character, flaws

Opposing View: After U.S. Capitol riots, what to do about President Trump? The problem is the same as the one identified in 'The Caine Mutiny' — time

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/01/07/be-careful-invoking-25th-amendment-against-trump-editorials-debates/6582736002/
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