Colberg (Palin's AG) Files Suit to Quash Subpoenas

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/537898.html

TROOPERGATE: State attorney general wants them ruled invalid.

By SEAN COCKERHAM
[email protected]

Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg is suing to kill subpoenas issued by the state Legislature in its Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.

Colberg filed the complaint Thursday in Anchorage superior court, arguing the state Senate Judiciary Committee lacked authority to issue subpoenas demanding that potential witnesses testify in the investigation. He wants a judge to rule them invalid.

The attorney general's lawsuit against state lawmakers is the first time Palin's executive branch has brought the courts into its war with the legislative branch of government over the investigation. Now that Palin is the Republican nominee for vice president, the stakes are huge.

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"For over 200 years, legislatures have exercised their right to oversee the activities of the executive branch. Denying us that authority undermines the basic democratic process," said French, an Anchorage Democrat and former state prosecutor.

The chairman of the Legislative Council, which authorized the investigation, said he wished Colberg had gone to court earlier if that was his plan.

"I'm relatively comfortable that I know how the court is going to rule. I think that the argument they can ignore subpoenas is specious," said the chairman, Juneau Democratic Sen. Kim Elton. "I'm just sorry that he's waited so long to do it because everyone knows that the clock is ticking."

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The comments at the link are great.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Is there something they can investigate about Colberg?

Wait!! Maybe that is why he wants to quash the subpoena. Could there be something going on related to Palin?

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Many people here are calling for disbarment.

The STATE'S attorney general shouldn't be telling people to ignore legislative subpoenas. I think he's going to be in a lot of hot water. Here's a good piece from ProgressiveAlaska about poor Talis Colberg, who, like Sarah, is in way over his head. http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2008/09/saradise-lost-chapter-sixty-three-ak.html Phil Munger writes:

My good friend and former colleague, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg, has all but sold his soul to the Karl Rove-esque squad of goons sent by the McCain campaign and the RNC to Alaska.

They came here, beginning on the late afternoon of August 29th, to derail democracy in the Far North. With the able help of Alaska's MSM media, kowtowing to people like former human being Bill McAllister, who is orchestrating putting the blow job knee-pads onto the knees of the editors of the Anchorage Daily News, KTUU TV, APRN and others here, something really bad is happening.

The KTUU video of Colberg's statement today regarding how his office is going to derail the pre-nomination, non-partisan, unanimously mandated investigation into discovering the truth behind the bizarre dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, isn't up yet.

But when Judy saw him making his statement, she swore and swore (she doesn't swear much), almost grabbing a shoe to throw at the TV, toward the image of a man she had, until then, deeply respected.

In one fell swoop, Colberg went from being one of our most honorable AG's to what may come to be regarded as our worst. He has dishonored his sterling record, his family's image, and his high office, by enabling the McCain Straight Talk Express bus, to throw Alaskans, and our constitution under its desperately grinding tires.