Contempt of Congress

July 2, 2007 by Thorne

Yet again, W shows his contempt for the American People.

No one was all that surprised when the Bush administration announced Thursday that it would not cooperate with congressional demands for documents and testimony

The best way to enforce the rule of law is by issuing a Contempt of Congress citation

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.

“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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6 Responses to “Contempt of Congress”

Dusty on July 2nd, 2007 9:35 am

This pretty much sums up how I feel about the asshats in the Executive branch..mutha fuckas all.
Larry on July 2nd, 2007 12:56 pm

They are above the law because those elected leaders in Congress are once again allowing Bush to prevail.
divajood on July 2nd, 2007 3:19 pm

Showdown? Probably not, since Barak Obama is now on the “Impeachment is only for grievous crimes” bandwagon.
sagefever on July 2nd, 2007 3:41 pm

“I think my brain is going to explode” Seriously.If we even get elections I am going to be way supprised.
Dusty on July 2nd, 2007 9:39 pm

Sagefever…I am with you..these dogs of war would stoop to pulling our elections..rotten curs all.
Sumo on July 2nd, 2007 11:59 pm

I’ll be surprised if we don’t manage to get a Marshall Law put on us one of these days…or whatever it’s called when they have to crack down on us Americans and take our civil liberties away from us…imposing their rules of whatever they think fits the situation.