Subpoena Power, here we come!

[kpete]

Subpoena Power, here we come!
by Kagro X
Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 08:37:39 AM PDT

Following the refusal of the Department of Justice to prosecute contempt of Congress charges against Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, the House Judiciary Committee has filed suit in federal court, seeking to enforce their subpoenas.


From a committee press release:

The Judiciary Committee, as plaintiff, is asking the Court to find the following:

(1) Ms. Miers is not "immune" from the obligation to appear before the Committee in response to a duly authorized, issued and served Committee subpoena;

(2) Ms. Miers and Mr. Bolten must produce privilege logs identifying all documents withheld on grounds of executive privilege;

(3) Executive privilege does not cover documents not involving the President or undertaken directly in preparation for advising the President or whose contents are widely-known, previously released or previously the subject of extensive, authorized testimony, and that Ms. Miers’s and Mr. Bolten’s claims of executive privilege are, in any event, overcome by the Committee’s compelling need for the subpoenaed testimony and documents.

(4) that Ms. Miers is required to appear before the Committee to respond to questions put to her pertinent to the Investigation and to invoke executive privilege only if and when appropriate;

(5) that Ms. Miers and Mr. Bolten are required to provide, as required by the subpoenas, a detailed privilege log, identifying by author, recipient, date and subject matter those documents responsive to the subpoena that have been withheld on executive privilege grounds;

(6) that Ms. Miers and Mr. Bolten are required to produce all non-privileged documents responsive to the subpoenas.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/10/111930/635/427/473505

[chemp]

1. Hey!

what are those two spheres hanging inside my pants?

Did they actually find their balls?

[hootinholler]

7. Nope!

If they had this would be inherent contempt and the Sargent At Arms would be dragging the dueling duo before the committee.

-Hoot

[kestrel91316]

2. This will wind up before the SC and we ALL know how THAT will turn out.

Game, set, match.

[HughMoran]

3. Let's hope there are right-wing judges that aren't traitors

As far as I know, right-wingers hate the constitution and the law, so I'm not optimistic.

[Usrename]

4. This should be pretty simple. It should be over before it starts.

I don't see what argument the Whitehouse can make, other than: "TERROR, TERROR, COMMANDER IN CHIEF!"

[malaise]

5. K & R

Great news

[Javaman]

6. Now that spitzer has gone and recycled the news cycle forget about

this making the front page.

[Karenina]

8. Wake me up when someone actually DOES something

That results in ACCOUNTABILITY. :boring:

[VP505]

9. I think the first step

in their case will be presented to a Bu$h appointee, IMO, that will be the end of the story.

[fascisthunter]

10. I Hear That....

I'm sick of this shit. Hand cuff both of them and throw their asses into the clink.