what happened to it during 1987?
Howard Baker became the White house chief of staff.
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Upon becoming the White House chief of staff in 1987, Howard Baker was advised by staff to prepare for a possible invocation of Section4 due to Reagan's perceived laziness and ineptitude.
According to Reagan biographer Edmund Morris, Baker's staff intended to use their first meeting with Reagan to evaluate whether he was "losing his mental grip", but Reagan "came in stimulated by the press of all these new people and performed splendidly".
what's the 25th amendment to the constitution It  is ambiguous as to whether, in the enumerated circumstances, the vice president becomes the president, or merely assumes the "powers and duties" ,It also fails to define what constitutes "inability", or how questions concerning inability are to be resolved.
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Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution [SEP] 1987: Reagan's possible incapacity
Upon becoming the White House chief of staff in 1987, Howard Baker was advised by staff to prepare for a possible invocation of Section4 due to Reagan's perceived laziness and ineptitude. According to Reagan biographer Edmund Morris, Baker's staff intended to use their first meeting with Reagan to evaluate whether he was "losing his mental grip", but Reagan "came in stimulated by the press of all these new people and performed splendidly". Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994, five years after leaving office. The president told Rugea neurosurgeonaccording to the latter in 1980, that he expected doctors to test his memory, and promised to resign if it deteriorated.