Questions tagged [vice-president]
Questions related to the vice president of a state, the role of vice president is generally a high executive position.
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Can the House of Representatives vote to impeach an acting President after the elected president was removed via the 25th Amendment?
If the Vice President in the form of an obviously unjust attempt to remove a fully capable President via the 25th Amendment were to become acting President would they be eligible for impeachment as ...
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Why is there no Vice Presidential line of succession?
Congress can confirm a new Vice President, but if Congress couldn't operate due to an emergency like the attack on the Capitol, then there would be no one to fill in the the Vice President. Why is ...
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Would Mike Pence become President if Trump was impeached and removed from office?
Let's assume President Trump is successfully impeached and removed from office on Monday/Tuesday (before his term expires and he leaves office on the 20th).
Would Vice President Pence take over and ...
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If the VP resigns, can the 25th Amendment still be invoked?
There is current news of several of Trump's cabinet members resigning with Trump only having 13 days left in his presidency.
Question: If Mike Pence were to resign his vice presidency, with such a ...
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Can the POTUS forbid the VP from entering the West Wing or the main building of the White House?
After Pence rejected in writing the idea that he not open some electoral certificates, CNN reported on their live feed that
President Trump told people he banned Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of ...
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What authority does the Vice President have to mobilize the National Guard?
After the attack on the US Capitol by pro-Trump groups, the DC National Guard was eventually called in to restore order. Strangely, it is being reported that Vice President Mike Pence was the one who ...
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Does a tie in the Senate require the vice president to always be present in the Senate?
Would the vice president be required to always be in the senate chamber in order to break ties? If not, how often must she be there -- or does she need to be there at all to vote her tie-breaker vote?
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What happens if the Vice-President were to die before presiding over the official electoral college vote count?
The President of the US Senate (who is the Vice-President ) is responsible for presiding over the electoral college's votes formally in a Joint Session of Congress. However, what if the Vice-President ...
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Must the Vice President preside over the counting of the Electoral College votes?
The Vice President, being the President of the Senate, presides over the counting of the Electoral College votes during a joint session of Congress. Following the count, the VP then officially ...
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Can the VP technically take over the Senate by ignoring certain precedents?
Here's an article about possible "hardball" tactics Democrats could use under Biden/Harris, if they don't get control of the Senate: https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/11/potential-...
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Is there a difference between a tie-breaker and a regular vote?
In the United States Senate, if there is a tie in a vote, the vice president breaks that tie. According to the senate.gov website, the vice president cannot vote except when breaking a tie.
Is there ...
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What plans do the Biden-Harris administration have for helping and contributing to the African-American Community?
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been elected as President and Vice President by citizens of the United States of America and have said they have plans to help the African-American community. I am ...
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Could Senator Harris ask for a briefing from Cabinet members?
Location: USA
At this moment, it is widely reported that the curent president has ordered cabinet secretaries and executive department heads to not participate in any transition activities with the ...
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What happens if the would be president elect dies before the race is called? [duplicate]
This isn't specific to the recent election, but I will use the names Biden and Trump to explain myself more clearly.
Assuming nothing changes with the current outcome of the election (eg. Biden is ...
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If VP becomes POTUS, how often can he be elected as president afterwards [duplicate]
In the USA one can only be president for two legislative periods. Also, when a president is removed from office or dies, the vice president becomes president.
Does this count as the VP's first term or ...
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Who breaks the tie in the Senate election of Vice President [duplicate]
In the event of an electoral college tie, the vice president is elected by the newly elected Senate. What if the Senate splits the vote 50/50? Normally the vice president would break a tie in the ...
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Why is Joe Biden addressed as Vice President even if he's not the current one? [duplicate]
During interviews or debates, Joe Biden is often addressed as Mr. Vice President or referred to as Vice President Biden. This sounds very odd to my (Dutch) ears; nobody would address a former (prime) ...
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If topics “have not been released ahead of the debate” do the candidates have any information?
The most recent US vice-presidential debate had a rule saying that debate topics would not be released "ahead of the debate". Obviously, they know that certain topics are more likely to come ...
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With Trump in isolation, does the Constitution require transfer Commander-in-Chief powers to the Vice President?
The US President, Donald Trump, has announced that he has contracted COVID-19. Apparently, his physical capacity to execute his duties is unchanged at this time, but he went into isolation to not ...
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Must a minimum time pass before the Vice-President replaces the elected President in the US?
Imagine, that elected president is aged/ill in time of elections, so he can hardly perform his duty. But he was nominated for presidency and now is elected.
Must a minimum time pass before the US Vice ...
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Has Biden explained why he didn't pick a Republican running mate?
I know Biden floated the idea of picking a Republican running mate at one point, but I don't know if he has explained why he eventually rejected the idea.
Has Biden explained why he did not pick a ...
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Is a presidential candidate required to pick a running mate?
If the Vice President dies or leaves office early, the President is not required to pick a new VP, making the Vice Presidency vacant. Does this mean that a presidential candidate does not have to ...
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Is it illegal to insert someone to the Presidency through Vice President?
What would happen if a general election candidate enters the race with no actual intention of acting as President but rather with the intention of winning the election then immediately resigning, ...
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The U.S. presidential candidate's choice of a running mate
In the United States, after all the long drawn out process of choosing the presidential nominee of a major party, is the selection of the vice presidential nominee the private decision of one person? ...
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Is Dick Cheney still supporting Donald Trump for re-election in 2020, given his recent public support for wearing face masks?
Dick Cheney supported Donald Trump in 2016 (in the general election), and indications were that he was going to support Trump in 2020 as well. In August 2019, he appeared at a fundraiser for Trump's ...
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Why don't presidential candidates announce their running mates before achieving their party's nomination?
As far as I can tell, a candidate has only announced their running mate before achieving the nomination twice since the modern system of primaries came into use in the 1970s. These occasions were in ...
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Term limits for vice president already having served as president [duplicate]
If a person becomes Vice President of the United States of America and the President dies after his 2nd year in office and the Vice President becomes President and serves for the remaining two years, ...
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Does the Vice-President retain their tiebreaking vote during an impeachment trial of the President?
The Vice-President is the President of the Senate by the US Constitution. As President of the Senate, the Vice-President is empowered to preside over the Senate and cast a tie-breaking vote. The ...
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Can Vice President Pence be impeached before President Trump?
As I understand, the current vice president Mike Pence is next in line for the presidency should president Trump be removed from office. However, there's some links between Mike Pence and the ...
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What are the negative consequences of returning to the practice of assigning the Vice Presidency to the Presidential Runner up?
From my understanding, the practice was eliminated due to partisanship sometime in the early 1800s. It seems like an excellent way to increase bipartisanship as we are in a more informed and civilized ...
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On the mandatory IRS audit of sitting president and vice-president
It's been reported that the sitting president and vice president are subject to mandatory IRS audit.
Two questions regarding this:
Is there some statutory authority that requires the IRS to conduct ...
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Legally speaking in the United States, could a former president be vice president? [duplicate]
Legally speaking, is there any laws against a former president that has served 2 terms from being vice president?
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Are there any electoral systems that give the runner up some office?
Originally, the US constitution specified that the runner up to the president in the electoral college becomes vice president, which would currently be Hillary Clinton instead of Mike Pence. This was ...
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Impeachment trial proceedings of a Vice President
Since the Vice President is also president of the Senate, what mechanism is there to prevent him from presiding over his own impeachment trial?
Article I.3 makes no specific mention of this.
Does ...
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What power does the Vice President really have?
According to the Constitution, the Vice President is the head of the Senate, but doesn't really explain what that means except to say that he doesn't get to vote except to break a tie.
Aside from ...
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Did a Vice President ever cast a tie-breaking vote against his own party?
The Vice President is theoretically allowed to vote according to his own conscience, just as all other members of the Congress. But did a situation ever occur where the Vice President cast a tie-...
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Pence as president? [duplicate]
If it turns out that trump was elected due to collusion with Russia, does that mean that it was actually a Clinton win due to cheating in the trump camp? And if so, can v.p. pence then be president (...
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What exactly happened during Reagan's invocation of the 25th Amendment?
I was reading the Wikipedia article on the 25th Amendment when I came across this confusing paragraph (I bolded the sections of interest):
Fielding and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan ...
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Can a United States President nominate a blood relative as Vice President?
The current U.S President has heaped a great amount of praise on his daughter Ivanka Trump, calling her one of his best and closest advisers. To shake things up in 2020, is it possible Trump could ...
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What is the role of the Vice-President in Turkey?
The constitutional amendments approved by the April 2017 referendum allow President Erdoğan to appoint one or more Vice-Presidents.
Who is eligible for the role, and what will their duties be?
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Can the vice president of the United States be fired?
Does the vice-president serve at the discretion of the president, such that he or she can be removed from office at the president's will?
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Does a succeeding President select a new VP during succession?
There is a clearly documented Order of Succession that is followed when the current President is incapacitated. This has been the subject of Films and TV Shows.
What normally happens in these ...
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If the VP were to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the President as unfit for office, would acting secretaries be able to consent?
The 25th Amendment says that the Vice-President, in conjunction with half of the fifteen executive department heads, can declare the President unfit to discharge his duties. Presently only two of the ...
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Was Mike Pence Vice President to Obama for a few minutes?
Mike Pence took his oath a few minutes before Donald Trump did.
During those few minutes, was he Vice President to President Obama?
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How many terms can a former vice-president president serve?
If a president were to be unable to serve, with the vice-president becoming president, how many terms would they be able to run/serve for?
Say the president is unable to serve 2 years into their ...
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12th Amendment and President and Vice Presidents from same states
The 12th Amendment states
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot
for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be
an inhabitant of the same ...
