sorry if im being a lazybones but why is it easier to get impeachment and conviction through?
The 25th Amendment being used to remove a president is unlikely to pass - especially given how little time is left - because it can only be triggered by an agreement by the VP and half of the Cabinet to remove the sitting president. The problem is that this VP is unlikely to want to do that - and Trump appoints the Cabinet, so you’d need half of Trump’s sycophants to stick their neck on the line and publically declare him unfit for office. Never going to happen.
There is the option to amend the constitution, and in particular the 25th, but that would take a fair bit of time to redraft and pass - and any amendment to the Constitution requires a supermajority in both houses of Congress to pass (and the Dems have narrow majorities in both - they’d need two-thirds of both houses to vote in favour). Very unlikely to happen.
Impeachment & conviction is more likely - or at least, impeachment is. Impeachment only requires a simple majority in the House of Reps to pass. For this to end up in a conviction, you’d need a supermajority in the Senate. Given recent events, there’s more likely to be a supermajority in the Senate than the House of Reps (there’s fewer Trump loyalists in the Senate). All Dems + 16 GOP Senators would be needed for a conviction.
