As a licensed mental health professional with over 40 years experience in the field, the fitness of a POTUS and VPOTUS to hold office concerns me greatly for Democracy's future. With 48% of the country having favored the incumbent Republican candidates in the general election and an egregious lax of oversight by Congress on the Executive Branch, a more Putinesque like POTUS and/or VPOTUS candidate would have meant the end to our way of life. Much stronger laws are needed, particularly that no one is above the law, not at any time or in any way, especially if you're POTUS or VPOTUS.
I propose that a POTUS and VPOTUS not only have and pass mandatory annual physical examinations required by law but also have and pass annual mandatory psychological evaluations required by law. The psychological evaluation of fitness for office would be completed by a nonpartisan commission and comprised of the country's most gifted mental health professionals, certifying fitness to hold office. Secondly, that any candidates for office of POTUS and VPOTUS must successfully pass such examinations and evaluations as part of establishing their candidacy. Thirdly, it must be established that persons evaluated by the commission must be free of sycophantic, sociopathic, narcissistic, and/or antisocial tendencies.
Lastly, if the mental health status of a POTUS or VPOTUS at any time appears in question to such a commission, it shall have the power to summon and mandate compliance to submit to a mental health evaluation. If a POTUS or VPOTUS does not pass such evaluations and examinations or fails to comply with having such, the 25th amendment is to be immediately invoked and the lines/means of succession enacted.
Putting these safeguards into effect will help to ensure the future of our democracy and prevention of an unfit individual ever rising again to hold offices of the most powerful person(s) in the world. Heck, let's extend the requirement to all POTUS cabinet members as well.
Free of Encumbrance
Eugene, OR USA
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