Strictly construed, it is only in the case of the death, inability, etc., of a President, that a Vice-President can succeed, or in the case of the death, inability, etc., of the President and Vice-President both, that Congress has power to declare on whom the office shall devolve.
Hoar explains the constitutional limitations on the succession of the Vice-President, clarifying the conditions under which they can assume the presidency.
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