Eric Holder warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ unless House compromises

[Si modo]

Let the House take the matter to SCOTUS, which has the right to compel the Executive to follow the letter of the law and deliver documents. Why? Because the House cannot compel the Executive to do anything.

Actually, the committee is the one who initiates the motion to compel. And, the house in which the committee resides is the only house needed to pass that. // Additionally, Article II: the principle duty of the Executive is to execute the law. Congress makes law. Obama has a choice to do his constitutionally mandated job, or not.

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

Umm, yes, they can. It's simple procedure.

Contempt of Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[bripat9643]

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

You mean like Skooter Libby?

 

[The T]

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

You mean like Skooter Libby?

Scooter ws a pawn that lost...Richard Armatage should have gone to JAIL.

(Image: EIB )​

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

You mean like Skooter Libby?

Scooter ws a pawn that lost...Richard Armatage should have gone to JAIL.

(Image: EIB )​

Actually he was illegally tried. It is AGAINST Federal Law to try someone on the sole count of Perjury.

 

[bripat9643]

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

You mean like Skooter Libby?

Scooter ws a pawn that lost...Richard Armatage should have gone to JAIL.

Valerie Plame and her sleazy husband are the ones who should have gone to jail.

 

[The T]

You mean like Skooter Libby?

Scooter ws a pawn that lost...Richard Armatage should have gone to JAIL.

(Image: EIB )​

Actually he was illegally tried. It is AGAINST Federal Law to try someone on the sole count of Perjury.

OK..I'll accept that...but why the conviction?

 

[Fang]

This asshole will be gone soon.

Correction.

This racist asshole will be gone soon.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Scooter ws a pawn that lost...Richard Armatage should have gone to JAIL.

(Image: EIB )​

Actually he was illegally tried. It is AGAINST Federal Law to try someone on the sole count of Perjury.

OK..I'll accept that...but why the conviction?

You would have to ask the 12 Liberal jurors why they convicted a man for simply forgetting something and correcting himself over 2 and half years.

But the point is it never should have been allowed. The entire process was rigged the Perjury charge was an attempt to scare Libby into implicating someone else.

 

[The T]

Actually he was illegally tried. It is AGAINST Federal Law to try someone on the sole count of Perjury.

OK..I'll accept that...but why the conviction?

You would have to ask the 12 Liberal jurors why they convicted a man for simply forgetting something and correcting himself over 2 and half years.

But the point is it never should have been allowed. The entire process was rigged the Perjury charge was an attempt to scare Libby into implicating someone else.

That would be in keeping with opinions I've read. I tend to agree. He was fallguy. Unjustly.

 

[Staidhup]

Constitutional crisis? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! What a loser!

 

[JakeStarkey]

No constitutional crisis exists. Scooter's trial comported with federal requirements. Plame was outed by fright wing crooks, who all should have gone to jail. A neo-con, ipso facto, is a traitor to the American people and their constitution.

 

[Papageorgio]

It will be a constitutional crisis for Holder, he is crapping his pants over it, it can't be good for his constitution.

 

[The T]

It will be a constitutional crisis for Holder, he is crapping his pants over it, it can't be good for his constitution.

It ain't good for either Obama OR Holder that relish end-around-runs on the Constitution.

 

[Synthaholic]

Unfortunately the Republicans won't have the balls to persue this and nothing will happen. I guarantee it.

There is nothing to pursue.

This started under Bush and his AG, Mukasey.

Why hasn't car thief Darrell Issa called anyone from the Bush administration to testify?

Fast and Furious started in 2009. The program that was kinda similar but not the same was in 2004 as I recall and was stopped AFTER it was found the Mexican Government could not track the guns.

That's a FAIL. Nobody is talking about 2004. Mukasey was AG from November 9, 2007 – January 20, 2009.

 

[JakeStarkey]

No, RGS, the constitution and the law do not support that. Congress must issue a call to the Executive for papers and or personnel, BHO will or will not do it, then Congress can stick the summons up its collective butt or go to SCOTUS.

Wrong Congress has OVERSIGHT on NUMEROUS specific departments and sections of the Federal Government. To include the Justice Department.

Who all are Executive and answer to the Pres first before Congress.

 

[SniperFire]

This asshole will be gone soon.

Correction.

This racist asshole will be gone soon.

I stand corrected!

I hope he is foolish enough to actually permit the Contempt vote.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Actually, the committee is the one who initiates the motion to compel. And, the house in which the committee resides is the only house needed to pass that. // Additionally, Article II: the principle duty of the Executive is to execute the law. Congress makes law. Obama has a choice to do his constitutionally mandated job, or not.

Co-equal branches and all that. Congress can compel no Executive officer. SCOTUS can direct the President to produce papers and personnel if Congress wants to go that route.

End of story.

Umm, yes, they can. It's simple procedure.

Contempt of Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

wikipedia? really??

 

[dilloduck]

Constitutional crisis? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! What a loser!

I know right ---OMG