MORE ON BIDEN, PALIN AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF THE VICE PRESIDENCY, from Josh Chafetz. Chafetz concludes: “Regardless of which candidate, and which vision of the vice president’s role, prevails, it should give us pause that both vice presidential candidates have some pretty strange ideas about the history and structure of the office to which they aspire.” What should give us pause is the general level of constitutional illiteracy that prevails, not only among the general population, but even among members of America’s political class.

And here’s my article on the subject.