{"id":4720,"date":"2007-06-23T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T21:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2007-06-24T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2007-06-24T15:54:28","slug":"genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4720","title":{"rendered":"Genius! If Cheney’s Not in the Executive Branch, He Gets No ‘Executive Privilege’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blogged by Joseph Cannon<\/a><\/i> <\/p>\n

As you know, Dick Cheney recently declared that the Vice President is not really part of the Executive branch of government. Why? Because he doesn’t want those snoops at the Information Security Oversight Office to stick their unwelcome noses into Cheney-land. (The job of the ISOO is to oversee how everyone within the Executive branch handles classified material.) <\/p>\n

Cheney argues that the Veep has a legislative function, since he casts a tie-breaking vote in the Senate — a task he has had to perform all of seven times. By this reasoning, the Veep has worked only seven days since January, 2001. Congressional Democrats have crafted the perfect response<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Following Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that his office is not a part of the executive branch of the US government, Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) plans to introduce an amendment to the the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to cut funding for Cheney’s office.<\/div>\n

More than that. Dick Cheney has claimed “executive privilege” a number of times, most notably when asked to disclose his energy policy meetings. Legislators have no such privilege. May we see the documents now? <\/p>\n

More than that<\/em>. Do you know the technical grounds for the impeachment charges brought against Richard Nixon? Subpoenas. Nixon ignored them, and so he had to go. Any congressional committee may now subpoena anything it wants<\/em> from Cheney’s office. Not a single document in the joint is protected by executive privilege. Not a single person working under Cheney may claim executive privilege. Dick Cheney has made very clear that he is not part of the executive branch of government.<\/p>\n

If Cheney does not comply, he becomes instantly and impeccably impeachable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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