Rove Refuses Congressional Subpoena

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2008-07-10 09:42pm

He could kill the president, thereby becoming the president.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-07-10 10:15pm

yes, but who then would pardon darth dick?

Also would at that point would the Secret Service start acting like the Roman Pretorian Bodyguard?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2008-07-11 02:01am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:yes, but who then would pardon darth dick?

Also would at that point would the Secret Service start acting like the Roman Pretorian Bodyguard?

The Secret Service is there to protect the office, not the man. If there's a lawful arrest or bench warrant out for one of their charges, they're obligated not to interfere with the operation of other law enforcement agencies. If they did, they'd be obstructing justice.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-07-11 01:09pm

I was thinking about what happened to Caligulia, and a number of Emporers during the first century AD/CE. You know when the Praetorian Bodyguard became the leading cause of Death among Roman Emporers?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2008-07-11 01:22pm

Uraniun235 wrote: How counterproductive could it be? It's not like the Vice-President does anything, except cast the rare tiebreaker in the Senate.

See 2000-2008 See "Dick Cheney"
The Vice President is only powerless if the President does not give him or yield him power. In a better system the VP would be President's XO rather than the President's political hack to win the election.