Related Citations
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Roy E. Brownell II, A Constitutional Chameleon: The Vice President’s Place Within the American System of Separation of Powers Part I: Text, Structure, Views of the Framers and the Courts, 24 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 1, 27-31 (2014).
Arguing that the Vice President is a part of both the Executive and Legislative branches, and that the Vice President’s branch status depends upon the context in which he or she acts.
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Lawrence B. Solum, Originalism and the Unwritten Constitution, 2013 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1935, 1980–83 (2013).
Responding to Akhil Amar’s hypothetical in America’s Unwritten Constitution regarding whether a VP could preside over the Senate at his or her own impeachment trial.
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Akhil Reed Amar, America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By Ch. 1 (2012).
Arguing that the Vice President may not preside over his or her own impeachment trial.
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Richard Albert, The Evolving Vice Presidency, 78 Temp. L. Rev. 811 (2005).
Arguing that the Founders wanted the Vice President to play this role, rather than a member of the Senate, because it would neither augment or diminish any state’s representation in the Senate.