Does the President even HAVE the authority to remove the VP ?

[Spinzonner]

After all, he is chosen by the Electoral College on behalf of the states, not nominated by the President. (The party nomination process is irrelevant to the Constitutional election process.)

If a Vice President refused to resign, what actions could the President take, or would an Impeachment be necessary and on what grounds ?

[Rosco T.]

1. He could remove him by asking the Congress to start Impeachment ... n/m

[kestrel91316]

2. He would ask for his resignation, and if the VP refused, I have no doubt

the Congress would go along with a presidential request for impeachment.

Purely hypothetical. There will be NO resignation by either. No admission of wrongdoing. No giving an inch.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. No, the prez can't remove the vice prez.

[madeline_con]

5. This is scary...

To think what would happen if DUH-bya was no longer Prez pales in comparison to what he might do without his "#2" man! He might do something INSANE!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. How did Nixon get rid of Agnew?

Was he asked to resign?

[wtmusic]

7. Yes

He would have been impeached.

[wtmusic]

6. Nope -- he's elected, just like the preznit

http://www.issues2000.org/askme/veep.htm

[unblock]

8. remember, the prez and veep originally weren't even in the same party

at least, not necessarily. some of the early presidents would have LOVED to just fire their veeps.

it was intended as a further separation of power. the prez and veep being elected on the same ticket is actually a consolidation of power that goes against the grain of the rest of what the constitution was originally all about.

[KoKo]

9. I think Cheney would resign. He just bought that big house on Maryland

shore...so maybe he was thinking something was up. It's near Rumsfeld. Another one that needs to go.

I'm thinking they would need Armed Guards from CIA/FBI with straight jackets to clean out that crew, though. :-(

[Yupster]

10. I've always expected Cheney to resign anyway

before his term was up.

It gives Bush the opportunity to either...

A. Annoint a successr

B. do something historic like name the first woman VP (Elizabeth Dole)

[KoKo]

11. Well it would be good for me. It would get her out of NC...Good riddance.