The 25th amendment to the us constitution was important in the 1970s because it

The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution was important in the 1970s because it regulated for the first time the form of succession in case of presidential vacancy, a situation that occurred when Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate Scandal.

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States deals with the succession of the President of the United States, and establishes the procedures to be followed to occupy the position of Vice President in case this vacancy is found, in addition to what must be made to find the president disqualified to continue in his position.

In the 1970s, the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution was significant because it controlled for the first time the manner of presidential succession in the event of a vacancy, which occurred when Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate Scandal.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion