June 25, 2007
The Untouchable (Bob Franken)
@ 10:24 am
That is one creative legal argument Vice President Cheney advances, arguing he does not have to comply with the order requiring members of the executive branch, the Bush administration, to account for the way they handle classified material.
Why? Because the vice president of the United States, under the Constitution, is president of the Senate and casts tie-breaking votes.
Since the Constitution also specifies that only Congress can determine how it operates, Cheney is not bound by the executive order.
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