Under the Constitution, presiding over the Senate and breaking ties is one of the only constitutional duties of the vice president. Schumer described it as an “immense burden,” and he said Harris has “carried out her duties with supreme excellence” in the midst of “all th...
During the first Republican debate on June 20 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, most candidates on stage stood in solidarity with Pence's defense that he carried out his constitutional duties on Jan. 6. On Saturday, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson posted well wishes to Pence on X, moments after ...
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The Twenty-fifth Amendment also provides a method for the vice president to become acting president. If the president transmits a message to both houses of Congress stating that he or she cannot discharge the powers and duties of the office, the vice president becomes acting president. Until th...
MARGARET BRENNAN: You say the president came to you at least five times. You lay it out in detail leading up to January 6, and it's almost like you couldn't believe this because you kept telling him over and over, 'this is not legal, this is not constitutional.' ...
The president chooses his or her vice presidential running mate during the campaign for president. After the nomination of a party's candidate for president, the party nominates a VP candidate to run on the same ticket, however, the party traditionally nominates the president's choice for VP....
Candidates for president and vice president have appeared together on the same ticket since the election of 1804, the year the 12th Amendment was ratified. Prior to theadoption of the constitutional amendment, the office of vice president was awarded to the presidential candidate who won the second...
The president must have the comfort of leading with a support team of his choice. Electing the vice president makes the VP only answerable to the electorate thereby undermining the office of the president and cabinet. The 2014 constitutional amendment that positioned the president as the one ...
Unlike the president, there is no constitutional limitation on the number of times a person can be elected vice president. However, constitutional scholars and lawyers disagree whether a twice-elected former president can be elected vice president. Since no former presidents have ever tried running ...
Given the indispensable role the vice president plays in the continuity of the executive branch under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and the important advisory and troubleshooting duties the modern vice president carries out, a discussion of the history of vice presidential incapacity is long overdue. ...