Is Dick Cheney part of the legislature or the executive branch?

Question

Or does he get to choose based on what is convenient?

"Dick Cheney... is asserting that his office is not actually part of the executive branch."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/22/cheney_asserts_hes_part_of_the_legislative_branch/

"the Administration claimed executive privilege in substance while blocking disclosure of what was discussed during meetings of Vice President Dick Cheney's taskforce on energy"
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1601450,00.html

Do you think he should be considered part of the executive branch? or the legislative branch? Both? Neither?

Answer 1

Funny, the Constitution says otherwise.

Of course, Bush probably told him to ignore that, since its jst a "damn piece of paper."

Answer 2

The office of the Vice President is indeed part of the Executive branch. Assertions to the contrary illustrate how truly demented Dick Cheney is. The man should be confined to a padded room under heavy sedation...

Answer 3

Executive Branch.

Article II Section 1 of the United States Constitution states:

The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows:

Article II Section 1 Paragraph 6 states:

In case of removal of the Presdient from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The only place in the Constitution it states his legislative powers is a very small spot and he doesn't have much to do in terms of it.

Article I Section 3 Paragraph 4 states:

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

Note: By that last sentence of that phrase, it means he only has the power to vote in the Senate if their votes are at a tie, then he is allowed to vote to break the tie, otherwise, he really doesn't have much power in this branch. His power mainly holds up in the executive branch, meaning he is a member of the executive branch.

Answer 4

The office of the Vice President is part of the Executive Branch.

Cheney is reaching way out on a limb with this, with no hope of winning this arguement. He is only trying to stall for time.

Answer 5

Since he and his buddy Georgie have thrown the Constitution down the toilet it probably is that he thinks he is in which ever branch is convenient to him at the time. According to the Constitution he is part of the executive branch but oversees the Senate. He only votes in the Senate in case of a tie vote. Most V.P. don't spend time in the Senate but a president pro-tem is appointed to chair the sessions.

Answer 6

i think the VP is part of the executive branch. apparantly that is open to debate. what? why?

Cheney has made it a mission to shift more power to the executive ever since his old boss, Tricky Dick MILHOUSE Nixon was Pres. Nixon followed the philosophy that if the President does it, it's not illegal. I think Cheney truly feels he is above the law and is entitled to make up the rules as he goes to fit his agenda.

Answer 7

he,s just a member of the bush mafia