Re: Subpoenas and contempt of Congress. Let's call the bluff.

pinto

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Fri Jul-20-07 06:56 PM
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Re: Subpoenas and contempt of Congress. Let's call the bluff.

Edited on Fri Jul-20-07 06:56 PM by pinto

Send the contempt citations to the DC court. It's the established procedure, fully supported by both past SCOTUS decisions and the Constitution.

Put Bushco on call. They'll *have* to respond.

(ed for spell)

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LaurenG

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Fri Jul-20-07 06:57 PM
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1. I can only hope this would work or that someone will do this..

:hi:

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robinlynne

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Fri Jul-20-07 07:01 PM
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2. the Attorney in the DC court is one of the gonzalez placements, done without

going through the senate, extreme right wing bushie.

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pinto

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Fri Jul-20-07 07:04 PM
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4. Yeah. Even a better reason to put it to the court. See how

a district judge rules and, if denied, appeal to SCOTUS. This is a good one to move up the legal chain of decisions.

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robinlynne

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Sat Jul-21-07 11:08 AM
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6. That is exactly what Bush wants. he owns SCOTUS.

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defendandprotect

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Fri Jul-20-07 07:02 PM
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3. We might also go the Special Prosecutor route - I think they have to reestablish the office ...

Edited on Fri Jul-20-07 07:04 PM by defendandprotect

Patrick Fitzgerald is a Republican --

And, basically, the GOP sheet over the Justice Department -- and Supreme Court -- pretty much gives us a Nuremberg Law situation -- i.e., anything the president does is legal.

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EST

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Fri Jul-20-07 07:24 PM
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5. I thought that Patrick Fitzgerald was actually an independent.

Seems like this was the center of a huge discussion, here at DU:

from this site-http://www.sistertoldjah.com/

He registered to vote in New York as an independent. When he discovered that Independent was a political party, he re-registered with no affiliation. Illinois citizens know him for pursuing Republicans and Democrats with equal fervor. Former Gov. George Ryan (R) is on trial on corruption charges, and a growing number of aides to Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) face influence-peddling charges.

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