Contempt of Congress


	Contempt of Congress

NoRest

7-1-2007 7:14 PM

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7-4-2007 2:32 PM

BartendingBear

The Judiciary? That would probably be the home-boy lap-dogs known as The Supreme Court, right? The deck is already stacked against the populace.

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The best way to enforce the rule of law is by issuing a Contempt of Congress citation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=209037">
The issuance of a Contempt of Congress citation would provoke the sort of Constitutional showdown that it now appears will be required if this administration is to be held to account for its abuses of power. In such a showdown between the legislative and executive branches, the third branch of the federal government, the judiciary, would be asked to decide whether the White House has a right to assert, as White House counsel Fred Fielding did in a letter telling the committee chairs that their demands would not be met.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=209037"><P>
"Increasingly," says Leahy, "the president and vice president feel they are above the law -- in America no one is above law."
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