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=== Pengunduran diri ===
{{lihat pula|Pidato pengunduran diri Richard Nixon}}
Presiden Amerika Serikat dapat mengundurkan diri dari jabatannya, dalam hal ini Wakil Presiden secara otomatis akan menjadi presiden, alih-alih hanya mengemban wewenang dan tugas kepresidenan sebagai penjabat presiden. Sedangkan Pasal II Konstitusi menyatakan bahwa "Wewenang dan Kewajiban" presiden diserahkan kepada wakil presiden jika presiden meninggal dunia, mengundurkan diri, tidak mampu atau dicopot, [[John Tyler]] menafsirkan ketentuan itu sebagai memperbolehkan Wakil Presiden untuk naik ke kursi kepresidenan dalam kasus seperti itu, tanpa kualifikasi apa pun. Praktik ini dikodifikasi pada tahun 1967, dengan berlalunya Amandemen ke-25.
The President of the United States can resign from office, in which case the Vice President would automatically become president, instead of merely assuming the powers and duties of the presidency as acting president. While Article II of the Constitution states that the "Powers and Duties" of the president devolve to the vice president in the event of the president's death, resignation, incapacity or removal, [[John Tyler]] interpreted that provision as allowing the Vice President to ascend to the presidency in such cases, without any qualifications. This practice was codified in 1967, with the passage of the 25th Amendment.
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=== Amendemen ke-14 ===
If impeachment and conviction were to occur before Trump's term ends, it would make Pence the 46th president with immediate effect, and Trump the first president in United States history to be convicted in an impeachment trial. Because the Senate is not scheduled to reconvene until January 19, 2021,<ref>{{cite web|last=Haynes|first=Danielle|date=January 9, 2021|title=McConnell: Senate can't take up impeachment until Jan. 19|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/01/09/McConnell-Senate-cant-take-up-impeachment-until-Jan-19/5821610209825/|agency=United Press International}}</ref> discussions have taken place around possibly convicting Trump in the Senate after he leaves office, leaving open the possibility of permanently restricting a convicted former president from ever holding public office. However, this has never been constitutionally tested, except for the 1876 [[trader post scandal]], which saw Secretary of War [[William W. Belknap]] impeached by the House even after he had already resigned, although he was acquitted by the Senate.<ref name="Williams"/> As with a resignation, Pence would serve as the shortest-tenured president in American history if Trump were convicted before his term ends before handing power to Biden as the 47th president on January 20.
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