Don Wolfensberger at The Hill reflects on the Biden revelations:
We know that impeachment is not a valid option, even if Congress had a clue. It only applies to high crimes and misdemeanors. The Constitution’s 25th amendment was designed in part to fill that gap by providing for suspension of service due to incapacity, or removal by two-thirds of both houses if the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet first finds the president unfit to continue in office. A very high bar indeed.
The one opening in the 25th amendment is that Congress may designate by law another entity to substitute for a Cabinet majority. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has proposed a commission appointed by Congress to play that latter role and to designate qualified physicians to conduct full medical and physical exams of the president, which the president may or may not agree to. Congress could only take into account a president’s refusal to be examined.
Perhaps not surprisingly Raskin introduced his bill in the 115th and 116th congresses (2017-2020) when Donald J. Trump was president, but not in the 117th or 118th congresses (2021-2024) when Joe Biden was president.
I have concluded that the only realistic way to pierce the iron dome of silence imposed by close aides is for one or more of them to break loose, for the good of the country, and speak truth to power — to bluntly tell the president why he cannot remain in office. A small group of respected friends from Congress might perform the same function, as happened with Nixon. After allowing a decent interval for reflection, the truth tellers would go public about their intervention. Cover-ups are not a solution. They can become huge problems, though, if allowed to fester.