The Vice-President has taken the art of secrecy by declaring the office of the Vice-President, the unlikely fourth branch of government. Or as he spins it according to Jonah Goldberg, “Cheney argued that he’s immune to executive orders because he’s also the president of the Senate and hence a member of the legislative branch too. Not only is this a goofy argument on its face, it does nothing to restore executive authority. It’s not like the vice presidency was an outpost of the legislative branch before Watergate. Cheney’s argument amounts to a convenient rationalization for his own secretive style.”

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