acceptable for the president to be subject to criminal process while in office, but by distinction the vice president, whose duties are nowhere near as important, can be subject to criminal process. and that's one of the memos now cited for the proposition. but when it was written, it was a very close question and the professor in charge of the office of legal counsel wasn't clear how to answer it, but it got answered against the imperative of dealing with the agnew heartbeat away problem. >> got answered against the imperative dealing with the agnew heartbeat away from the presidency problem. and that's sort of critical here, right? for then and for now. i mean, what the dixon memo said in 1973, what that memo said was you could indict a vice president but incidentally you couldn't indict a president.