Reply #23: In that case,

[H2O Man]

there was obviously no established case law. To be clear, I think what they did was criminal, and it justifies anyone being suspicious about the US Supreme Court. And that's a shame.

However, in this area, the case law is well established. And several federal judges have actually ruled against the administration, including in the Plame scandal. I would expand that to include the opinions of the federal judges who ruled on the Miller & Cooper appeals: they were clear that a serious violation of law, involving national security, had apparently taken place. If Congress pressed this, they would have no less than a 99% chance of success in the federal courts.