Also known as: vices · vice-
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
2 senses
A preposition meaning in the place of or in the stead of. As a prefix it denotes an officer or position that substitutes for another.
A moral failing or ethical fault. Broadly any defect or corruption.
Each sense below has its own examples, sources, and questions.
A preposition meaning in the place of or in the stead of. As a prefix it denotes an officer or position that substitutes for another.
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A moral failing or ethical fault. Broadly any defect or corruption.
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Viktor Voronin and his running mate campaign across multiple states. After the election the electors appointed by each state cast ballots for the pair. The candidate receiving a majority of electoral votes becomes President while the running mate assumes the vice presidential office for the same four-year term.
Vito Villarreal, serving as Vice President, is accused of bribery. The House impeaches him and the Senate convicts after trial. He is removed from office under the constitutional standard for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Article II Section 1 vests executive power in a President and provides that the Vice President shall be chosen for the same term and elected in the manner described. The provision establishes the substitution role of the Vice President.
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Article II Section 4 states that the Vice President shall be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. This is the sole method of removal for the Vice President.
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Vincent Valdez, the Vice President, asserts authority to act when the President is incapacitated. The Court examines whether the substitution role extends to fundamental liberties and rejects any expansion that would permit experimentation with personal rights.
Valerie Voss offers testimony from a prior proceeding. The defense objects that the statement carries the vice of unreliability under the old test. The Court holds that the Confrontation Clause excludes core testimonial statements regardless of any reliability finding.
Virgil Vaughn sues in federal court after a maritime dispute. The plaintiff invokes historical limits on vice-admiralty courts that once deprived colonists of jury trials. The Court notes that post-revolution states restored civil jury rights to avoid that vice.
Vega Motors seeks student-activity funds at a public university. Administrators deny the request citing the content of the publication. The Court holds that the denial reflects the vice of viewpoint discrimination forbidden by the First Amendment.
The moral-failing sense refers to an ethical fault or corruption. The substitution sense refers to an office or person acting in the place of another, as with the Vice President.
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…found a statement more reliable because two years had elapsed, Stevens v. People , 29 P. 3d 305, 316 (2001). The unpardonable vice of the Roberts test, however, is not its unpredictability, but its demonstrated capacity to admit core testimonial statements that the Confrontation Clause plainly meant to exclude.…