ACTING VICE PRESIDENT

Why Do We Need An Acting Vice President?

Protocol for Acting Vice President

Disappearances

'The Constitution gives the vice president the tie-breaking power in the U.S. Senate and a role as the chief presiding officer there, so the first American vice presidents spent most of their time there.'

'Over recent decades, presidents themselves have chosen to broaden the job, starting with Jimmy Carter.'

'The expanded role of the federal government makes having a capable successor more important than it was at the country’s dawn, Goldstein said. And modern threats mean it’s crucial to always have someone ready to step in during a crisis, he said.' ~ By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 October, 2020

'Before the enactment of the 12th Amendment in 1804, there were no separately nominated candidates for vice president. Instead, as required by Article II, Section 1, the presidential candidate receiving the second-highest number of electoral votes was awarded the vice presidency. In essence, the vice presidency was treated as a consolation prize.'

'Despite the vice president's constitutionally assigned status in the Senate, the office is generally considered to be a part of the Executive Branch, rather than the Legislative Branch of the government.'

'For example, the vice president might be called on by the president to draft legislation favored by the administration and "talk it up " in an effort to gain the support of members of Congress. The vice president might then be asked to help shepherd the bill through the legislative process.'

'The vice president typically attends all Presidential Cabinet meetings and may be called on to act as an adviser to the president on a wide variety of issues.' ~ By Robert Longley | Updated on December 10, 2020

'Prior to the adoption of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, one Vice President resigned, seven died in office, and eight took over for Presidents who died in office: all in all, the vice presidency was unoccupied more than 20 percent of the time. This was less of a problem when the office was held in low regard, which it mostly was until the mid-twentieth century. But as the vice presidency began to grow into its modern form—a sort of deputy presidency—it became more worrisome for the office to be vacant.'

'The initial deciding group is the Vice President and a majority of either the Cabinet or some other body that Congress may designate (though Congress has never done so). If this group declares a President “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” the Vice President immediately becomes Acting President. If and when the President pronounces himself able, the deciding group has four days to disagree. If it does not, the President retakes his powers. But if it does, the Vice President keeps control while Congress quickly meets and makes a decision. The voting rule in these contested cases favors the President; the Vice President continues acting as President only if two-thirds majorities of both chambers agree that the President is unable to serve.' ~ by Brian C. Kalt, David Pozen

'Even in the modern era, when a vice president ascends to the presidency, the office may remain vacant for a month or more as Congress vets and confirms the president's appointed replacement.'

'­With the changes and expansion the office of the U.S. vice president has undergone in the modern era, especially with Al Gore and Dick Cheney at the helm, the scope of the vice presidency has widened dramatically. Unless any of the roles taken on by past vice presidents are codified or become steeped in tradition, though, the vice presidency will remain what it's always been -- what a vice president makes of it.' ~ By: Josh Clark

'One possible reform is to adopt the practice in many states and “unbundle” the election of our two top executive branch officials. That is, just as in many states candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run entirely separate campaigns, meaning that sometimes the governor is from one party and the lieutenant governor from another, one could imagine separate elections for the president and vice president...... candidates who win the presidential nomination today basically exercise unlimited discretion in choosing their running mates. This was not the case before the 20th century, when political conventions often exercised real choice in picking both candidates.'

'Twelfth Amendment, though probably unknown to most Americans, has not only a fascinating history but, much more importantly, has the capacity to play a key role should we ever become a multi-party system (as was the case in 1948 and 1968) in which enough candidates get electoral votes to deprive anyone of a majority and thus force election by the House.' ~ by Sanford Levinson

'There are many misconceptions about the rules of a president choosing their running mate. There’s no law or regulation against a president and vice president of the United States being from the same state. The reason why some people mistakenly believe such a prohibition exists comes down to a particular aspect of the Electoral College system laid out in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. '

'The 12th Amendment, adopted in 1804 after two chaotic elections, mandated that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president. However, the rule preventing an elector from voting for two people from his home state remained in effect under the new system.' ~ SARAH PRUITT | UPDATED: AUG 31, 2018

Note the prohibition forbids a state from voting two of its own homeboys for president and vice president, not state-common pairs from being on the "national" ballot. All the other states could still vote for two candidates of that same state -- just not two from their own. 'Themselves' in Amendment XII, Clause 1 refers to the electors in each state.

'The revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden showed the NSA had, under the Obama administration, illegally collected phone records from over 120 million Verizon customers. Snowden also revealed the existence of the massive surveillance program known as PRISM, which collected the e-mails, phone calls, text and video chats from Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Apple and other tech giants of both foreigners and Americans.'

'In the aftermath of Snowden’s revelations, the Obama White House crafted an NSA “reform” package, based on recommendations by a panel representing the spy agencies themselves, that further institutionalized the NSA’s illegal domestic spying operations, while putting in place stringent security measures to prevent disclosures of its crimes.' ~ By George Gallanis | 14 January 2017

'Spygate represents the biggest political scandal in our nation’s history. A sitting administration actively colluded with a political campaign to affect the outcome of a U.S. presidential election. Government agencies were weaponized and a complicit media spread intelligence community leaks as facts.'

'However, a series of investigative articles by PJ Media published during Eric Holder’s tenure as attorney general revealed an unsettling pattern of ideological conformity among new hires at the DOJ: Only lawyers from the progressive left were hired. Not one single moderate or conservative lawyer made the cut. This is significant as the DOJ enjoys significant latitude in determining who will be subject to prosecution.'

'Another example of this behavior can be seen from an instance when Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann leaked information from Steele and Fusion GPS to Franklin Foer of Slate magazine. This event is described in the House Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russian active measures, in footnote 43 on page 57. Foer then published the article “Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?” on Oct. 31, 2016. The article concerns allegations regarding a server in the Trump Tower.'

'After failing to obtain a spy warrant on the Trump campaign using Papadopoulos, the FBI set its sights on campaign volunteer Carter Page. By this time, the counterintelligence investigation was in the process of being established, and we know now that it was formalized with no official intelligence. The FBI needed some sort of legal cover. They needed a retroactive warrant. And they got one on Oct. 21, 2016. The Page FISA warrant would be renewed three times and remain in force until September 2017.' ~ By Jeff Carlson | October 12, 2018 Updated: December 28, 2020

'Over the last several months, night flights of illegal migrants have been periodically reported in places such as Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. In each instance, state and local officials received no notice they were coming, let alone given an option to refuse them admission. The administration has no apparent concern with how these “air lifts” may burden local officials with additional costs and facilities capacity in areas such as education, housing, healthcare and law enforcement.'

'Videos posted this week reveal more lies by the Administration. They show streams of adult males being released in Brownsville and San Antonio, Texas. This reportedly has been occurring since last spring. Some are known to have criminal records, including drunk driving, assault, and drug possession. Yet Biden officials have stated that only family units and unaccompanied alien children are being release, not single adults.' ~ By Lora Ries and Mark Morgan | January 27, 2022 8:38pm

'The left and corporate media have always been supportive when people burn or disrespect the U.S. flag, or when left-wing extremists storm Senate buildings to shut down the democratic process involving appointing conservatives to the U.S. Supreme Court.'

'2020 rioters appeared to engage in far more detailed and comprehensive national coordination, as evidenced by a similar pattern emerging in city after city.'

'Yet little ink has been spent detailing far-left extremists involved in the 2020 riot who unequivocally did far more damage and engaged in far more violence than what happened at the January 6 riot.'

'Finally, as January 6 rioters and even those present that day who only nonviolently entered the U.S. Capitol are hunted down, charged aggressively, and left in jail for months on end, the 2020 rioters have not been similarly hunted down and charged. Even worse, they are being let go with no penalties or mere wrist slaps, after Vice President Kamala Harris and her Hollywood friends raised funds to cover their bail. No judge ordered the 2020 rioters to endlessly rot in jail.'

'As evidenced by a recent survey showing that two-thirds of Americans want the 2020 riots investigated as much as the January 6 riot, a strong majority of Americans know what fairness looks like and firmly believe justice must remain blind.' ~ BY: MATT A. MAYER | JULY 29, 2021

'It speaks to the suspicions long held by many true conservatives that the Rule of Law as detailed in the U.S. Constitution has been (and still is) being deleted as “The” framework of the U.S. legal system. Law enforcement officials have been told from the top down, “we no longer will enforce certain laws.'

'There today are hundreds of affidavits sworn under the threat of perjury presenting specific facts, pictures, and documents that show massive examples of rampant voter fraud in November. Americans have watched in horror in the 60-days since video evidence, audio testimony, and hundreds of news stories have evidenced the fraud. But none of that matters when courts refuse to consider the evidence in court. That’s what the law demands and provides.'

'Many applaud the Zuckerbergs for their magnanimous gifts to those Pennsylvania election offices before the 2020 election. You probably will not be surprised to know that the Zuckerbergs and several dozens of OTHER billionaires decided to start this process in states that need financial assistance in their local election offices, especially in smaller districts around Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia.'

'We’re not saying that all these Trump Campaign lawsuits that were never allowed to present evidence in these swing states were because of political corruption based on money from political supporters. But it seems odd that in such a critical election in our nation’s history that so many similar variances happened across the country, all for the very first time. And while those were happening, that would surely initiate court actions post-election because the very obvious election irregularities were almost all met with total resistance by the courts in each of these states.'

'No attorneys wanted to represent the President in court. No state judge wanted to be guilty of going against the Cancel Culture “gods” by allowing evidence of election fraud to come into their court’s records because they did NOT want to be disenfranchised from their professional lives. And, sadly, those elitists really do have the power to do just that!' ~ by Dan Newman | January 6, 2021

'From major conferences at the Moscone Center to small coffee shops in the Mission, San Franciscans are buzzing about Mayor Gavin Newsom and the stunning turn of fortune that in a few short days took him from being a candidate for governor to hiding out in Hawaii.'

'Last Friday, hours after speaking before a bank of television cameras about the oil spill in the bay, Newsom announced he was dropping out of the governor's race and hasn't been seen at City Hall since. Word finally came Tuesday that he was on the Big Island with his wife, newborn daughter and in-laws. He left without telling his staff, who abruptly canceled a raft of major appearances on his behalf.'

'City Hall folks have been buzzing about the missing mayor. "How does it feel to work for Mark Sanford?" one quipped to a member of Newsom's staff in reference to the South Carolina governor who disappeared recently and said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail but had really gone to Argentina to rendezvous with his lover.' ~ Heather Knight | Nov. 6, 2009

'While a lack of quorum can occur due to unexpected events, such as illness or inclement weather, it can also be used as a political tactic. Several times in recent decades, members of a minority party left the state capitol or the state entirely to prevent the passage of legislation. This is a state legislative walkout. These walkouts can result in legislation dying on the floor or the majority party compromising on the legislation, among other outcomes.'