"It has always been the judicial branch's role" to serve as a check on abuses, he began, but the President had asked them "to abdicate that role here, to reinstate the executive order without meaningful judicial review, and to throw this country back into chaos".
Extensive vice presidential involvement in the executive branch — the role enjoyed by Dick Cheney and Al Gore — is not only unconstitutional, but also a bad idea.
"For an industry whose behaviour can be herd-like, there's a surprising divergence of strategies right now," says Mr Meleis.Moreover, the branch's role is evolving.
And while the executive branch's role in national security has grown mightily in recent decades, Mr. Obama's decision to go to Congress arguably shows a greater deference on war and peace than any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Attorneys for the State of Colorado, in asking a judge to throw the suit out, said the sweeping arguments in favor of the legislative branch's role in society are too grand and too small at the same time.
Dorsal lobes were normal in these animals, suggesting branch-specific roles for these genes.
Officers in the Met's counter-terrorism branch, SO15, whose role was to interview SIS witnesses, were also strongly criticised.
I asked a manager at the branch what the role of the NYPD officer was in the bank.
Questions remain as to who should draft a new constitution, what authority the new head of state might have, particularly in relation to the legislative branch, and what role the military might play in the burgeoning political system.
