The 25th amendment is not there to remove a President

There are often calls for the US Cabinet to remove Donald Trump from office using the 25th amendment. One of the lawyers who helped draft the 25th amendment makes an important point:

Its purpose is limited and precise: to address presidential inability and fill a vacancy in the vice presidency. It was not meant to address political dissatisfaction with a president. ..

The framers of the 25th amendment declined to place in the amendment a definition of inability. They made reference to conditions or circumstances that would prevent the president from discharging his powers and duties, mentioning physical and mental illnesses, permanent and temporary.

Lawmakers at the same time, however, were clear that unpopularity, incompetence, impeachable conduct, poor judgment and laziness were not covered by the term “inability.”

These issues should be dealt with by impeachment, or an election. Not by the 25th amendment.