The United States Constitution allows a majority of the Cabinet to strip a president of power
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment provides a constitutional mechanism for the Vice President and a Cabinet majority to seize executive powers, a fail-safe designed to prevent leadership lapses during crises.
Ratified in 1967 following the health crises of the Eisenhower era, Section 4 of the 25th Amendment allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president 'unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.' Once this written declaration is sent to Congress, the Vice President assumes the role of Acting President immediately. This protocol was designed to avoid a repeat of 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson’s debilitating stroke was hidden from the public for 17 months by his wife and physician.