Powers of the Vice President: A Constitutional Law Seminar
The Dershow
Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media
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🗓️ 6 January 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Does Mike Pence have a Constitutional Right to send the Electoral Votes back to the States? Joe Biden nominated a surprising choice for the Attorney General. Who is it? Find out today on The Dershow.
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump has urged Vice President Pence to take an active role and send the |
| 0:08.2 | electoral votes back to the states. |
| 0:10.9 | Does he have a constitutional right? |
| 0:13.0 | Does he have the power to do that? |
| 0:16.8 | If the election in Georgia goes the way it looks like it's going |
| 0:20.6 | and the Senate is split 50-50. |
| 0:24.2 | Does Vice President Harris, who presides over the Senate, |
| 0:28.1 | have the power to cast the deciding vote |
| 0:31.6 | not only on legislation but on confirmation of nominees. |
| 0:36.8 | And what do you think of the fact that President-elect Biden has nominated a surprising choice for attorney general the |
| 0:45.6 | United States. I love it. I wonder if you will on the Dur show and we'll also |
| 0:50.2 | have a new set of questions on Rumbull because we debuted on Rumbull yesterday and |
| 0:57.7 | I'm taking today questions only from Rumbull viewers all on the Dersh show coming out. |
| 1:04.6 | Today we're going to have a constitutional law seminar |
| 1:10.1 | on the role of the Vice President of the United States as the President of the Senate. |
| 1:16.8 | Why? Why today? Because two things are happening. Number one, the Senate will now be tied 50 to 50. And therefore, Vice President |
| 1:29.7 | elect Harris will be the President of the Senate and will be casting probably many |
| 1:37.2 | deciding votes to break the tie among 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats. |
| 1:44.8 | But also today, Vice President Pence |
| 1:48.7 | will preside over the United States Senate |
| 1:52.0 | as a joint session of Congress opens and reads the votes of |
| 1:59.0 | the electors to determine the president of the United States on January 20th. |
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