Comments on: Leahy Starts Formal Process that Could Lead to a Contempt Citation for Karl Rove and Others

By: sinsCreery

sinsCreery — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:14:44 +0000

Thanks for the post

By: deeply worried

deeply worried — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:05:34 +0000

Unlike the ranking minority member, Leahy has it in him to actually press this to a vote.

it is not good to wish ill of others, but it is good to fulfill one’s constitutional obligations and the Congress has allowed itself to be literally trampled on by the Executive, so I do wish that contempt citations be issued for at least 4 past and current Administration figures.

We should at least make a showing that the Congress deserves its Article I position and that we are, still, a nation of laws.

Perhaps the self-imposed restraints that the Dems labor under not to embark on actions that will cascade to situations where impeachment becomes all but mandatory, can be lifted finally and the Senatorial Democrats rescue themselves from what promises to be severe judgement in the history books for their calculated inaction so far.

By: Patty C

Patty C — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:45:21 +0000

Would you mind if I,you know, flip off the relatively obscure
‘Limit6′ federal evidentiary exclamatory o’blog rule and be o’bscenely contemptible, here?

By: Make Them Accountable / The Nation

Make Them Accountable / The Nation — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:32 +0000

[...] Leahy Starts Formal Process that Could Lead to a Contempt Citation for Karl Rove and Others (by Jonathan Turley) Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has formally determined that Karl Rove, John Bolten, former White House political director Sara Taylor and her deputy, J. Scott Jennings, are in violation of the Senate subpoenas and must comply “immediately” or face legal consequences… This ruling would allow the matter to go to the Senate.Notably, Leahy found that Bush was not involved in the firing of U.S. Attorneys. This helped undermine the claim of executive privilege. [...]