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...Reagan's letter was a deliberately vague attempt to accomplish the purpose of the amendment without formally invoking it. For practical purposes, the constitutional provision was in effect when Bush was made acting President. But the text of the letter explained the President's reluctance to implement the amendment: "I am mindful," the letter says, "of the uncertainties of its application to such brief and temporary periods of incapacity. I do not believe that the drafters of this amendment intended its application to situations such as the instant...
...letter went on to say that "consistent with my longstanding arrangement with Vice President George Bush, and not intending to set a precedent," Bush was authorized to discharge the powers of the presidency while Reagan was under anesthesia. Saturday evening, after Reagan was once again alert, he signed a second letter that was delivered to Congress affirming his intention to resume his duties. This informal, rather nebulous process carried out by the White House closely paralleled the formal constitutional procedure. "It may not be a formal invocation of the 25th Amendment," said former White House Communications Director David Gergen...
...resorting to the Bethesda letter, Reagan and his staff were trying to have it both ways. The White House was dissatisfied with the formal nature of the 25th Amendment but was following the constitutional procedures. Fielding and Meese tried to frame the letter so that Reagan's delegation of power would appear as a single, isolated act based on a unique set of circumstances. But Reagan's situation is not unique, and the letter does set a precedent in practical, if not legal terms. New York University Law Professor Bernard Schwartz says that the problem of presidential illnesses...
...year-old beverage was an affront to patriotic pride and perhaps more. "Some people felt that a sacred symbol had been tampered with," said Robert Antonio, a University of Kansas sociologist. Glenwood Davis, marketing manager for Coca-Cola Bottling in Roanoke, Va., said that he received a letter from a woman who said, "There are only two things in my life: God and Coca-Cola. Now you have taken one of those things away from...
Protesters became wild enthusiasts when Coke reversed itself. "I was ecstatic when I heard the news," said Libby Lavine, a Michigan dissident who had launched a national letter-writing campaign. "Thank God they realized what a mistake they made." In Mountain View, Calif., Coke Activist Wilson threw a party in the sawdust-covered back room of a hamburger restaurant. The drink of the night? Old Coke, from Wilson's 20-case stash...