Asked whether she agrees with Dick Cheney that the Vice President belongs to neither the executive nor legislative branch of government, Sarah Palin incredibly said yes.
You may recall that a while back Cheney told Congress that his office is not fully part of either branch to exempt it from an executive order regulating federal agencies' handling of sensitive national security information. This claim was discredited by everyone from the news media to the President himself. It was so preposterous that Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel mockingly proposed withholding appropriations for the Office of the Vice President until Cheney decided which branch he belonged to.
Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides unequivocally that the Vice President is part of the Executive Branch. One would have thought the Republican nominee for Vice President would have taken the time to read it.
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Article II says no such thing.
The VP is first mentioned in Article I, "The Legislative" branch, where his main role of presiding over the Senate is defined. Article II describes how he is elected and his role as next in line. No executive powers are described. Finally, he has the semi-judicial function of presiding over impeachments.
The modern role of adviser and bully pulpit is not in the Constitution and only dates from the Johnson Administration forward.
The VP and his staff are subject to the law, but not executive orders as he is an elected office and does not serve at the will of the President.
At this point in the game, I find it hard to believe that anyone with a single ounce of common sense can be takign McBush/Failin seriously.
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