Dewey-Cheatem

Dewey Cheatem is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President ZeroOverZero101 only days after his confirmation as Vice President of the United States and has served since June 14, 2020. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Cheatem briefly served as vice-president of the United States, among many other positions.

=Background=

Personal Life
Dewey Cheatem is a notorious homosexual.

Awards and Distinctions

 * Presidential Medal of Honor (Jun. 30, 2019) by President GuiltyAir: "As a long-serving United States Senator and a well-respected jurist on the Supreme Court of Sierra, Dewey-Cheatem has long fought for the constitutional rights of Americans and represented his constituents in the Atlantic Commonwealth with the eloquence and attention that his office embodies. Dewey-Cheatem’s accomplished career embodies the spirit of public service in America."

=Political Career=

Lincoln Assemblyman
Cheatem served briefly as a Democrat in the Lincoln Assembly during which time he achieved two major policy accomplishments: enactment of the Central State Human Rights Expansion Act, which provided provided a cause of action in cases of discrimination in contracts, inheritance, real property, court proceedings, and other government action.

In addition, Cheatem wholly replaced the text of the "Judicare Act" to implement civil Gideon in Lincoln (i.e., provided free legal defense in civil actions rather than only criminal actions).

Both statutes were passed by the Assembly and signed into law by then-governor MadK3p.

Atlantic Commonwealth Secretary of Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services
Before Cheatem completed his term as a Lincoln Assemblyman he was nominated by Governor Trover to serve as Secretary of Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services. Cheatem's tenure focused on economic justice and LGBTQ equality. As Secretary, he issued directives ending conversion therapy in the state, declared that his department would treat anti-LGBTQ discrimination as prohibited sex discrimination, established an LGBTQ-inclusive health education curriculum, implemented the Basic Health Plan, and expanded efforts to decrease HIV transmission through two different executive orders.

In addition, Cheatem authored and championed several legislative initiatives. Cheatem adapted the Central State Human Rights Expansion Act that he had successfully enacted in Lincoln and submitted it for consideration in the Atlantic Commonwealth Assembly under the title of the "Northeastern State Human Rights Expansion Act." As in Central, the law passed and was signed by the governor. Cheatem also introduced the School Meal Program Act which increased taxes on the wealthy to be spent on expanding the existing School Breakfast Program and Lunch Programs to provide three free meals per day to all students with family incomes under 150% of the poverty line.

U.S. Senator from the Atlantic Commonwealth
When the sitting U.S. Senator for the Atlantic Commonwealth resigned, Governor Trover, a Democrat, unexpectedly appointed a Republican to the seat--Shitmemery. Cheatem penned a scathing column in The New Deal, the main Democratic Party organ, condemning the move. Shortly thereafter, he announced his intention to run for the seat.

In the following election, Cheatem won the seat narrowly--by only 57,183 votes in an election of 16,613,097 votes. Cheatem was then re-elected to the seat in [...] by a more substantial margin.

However, in the election of [????] Cheatem lost the seat narrowly to then-Representative Gunnz.

Nomination as Lieutenant Governor of Chesapeake
Socially conservative Republican Governor BranofRaisin of Chesapeake appointed Cheatem to be Lieutenant Governor of the Cheseapeake Commonwealth. However, after a contentious hearing, the Republican majority in the state assembly rejected Cheatem's nomination.

Socialist Primary
Cheatem entered the Socialist primary for president on ___. Though initially lagging, Cheatem soon rose in the polls, driven in significant part by the focus of Socialist voters on the ability of a candidate to win.

Shortly before the first Socialist primary debate, Cheatem secured the endorsement of HSCTiger09. On April 4, 2020, the Socialists held their first debate, in which Cheatem, PGF, and Luna Tucklet participated. Cheatem hammered his opponents for their failure to obtain any policy victories for the working people of the United States and emphasized his long list of political accomplishments. Shocking many observers, PGF withdrew from the primary during the debate and endorsed Cheatem.

Following the debate, the Socialist primary was effectively over. Very little campaigning took place, with Cheatem widely viewed as the presumptive nominee. Following the ratification of the Socialist-Democratic campaign agreement, the point became moot, as the Socialists agreed to back the Democratic nominee for president provided that a Socialist--presumably Cheatem--were nominated as the vice-presidential candidate.

Candidacy for Vice President
Pursuant to the agreement between the Socialist and Democratic parties, Cheatem became the coalition's nominee for vice-president. During the June 7, 2020 vice-presidential debate against Polkadot48, Cheatem emphasized the policy failures of the Gunnz administration--such as Gunnz's mysterious absence that forced the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment--and the administration's failures to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

Vice President
Dewey Cheatem has the distinction of being the shortest-serving vice-president in the history of the United States.

=Legal Career=