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The Dershow

Powers of the Vice President: A Constitutional Law Seminar

The Dershow

Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media

News, Politics

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 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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