Karl Rove cited for contemp

[Chris]

Hopefully, he will one day go to jail, where he belongs.

The Associated Press: House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt

 

[DiamondDave]

yawn

Congress has no authority to compel testimony from current and former advisers.

The House of representatives is not a court... more 'Evil Bush' smoke blowing by Nazi Pelosi and crew

Voting along party lines

go figure

 

[Jeepers]

yawn



The House of representatives is not a court... more 'Evil Bush' smoke blowing by Nazi Pelosi and crew

go figure

Why do you continuously go out of your way to proclaim your stupidity? Does coming acrossed as an idiot somehow make you feel better... Maybe youre saying "I am living in bliss"... cause .. you know... thats what ignorance is...

 

[Gunny]

Hopefully, he will one day go to jail, where he belongs.

The Associated Press: House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt

I's about as useful as me citing you for contempt of intellgent posts.

Not very closed-minded judgemental nor partisan of you to convict the man without a trial.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Hopefully, he will one day go to jail, where he belongs.

The Associated Press: House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt

Congress has no arrest or imprisonment powers.

 

[Chris]

I's about as useful as me citing you for contempt of intellgent posts.

Not very closed-minded judgemental nor partisan of you to convict the man without a trial.

Speaking of closed minded, judgemental, and partisan....

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Speaking of closed minded, judgemental, and partisan....

Read my first post and weep like a baby.

 

[Chris]

Congress has no arrest or imprisonment powers.

I'm glad because I want him to be arrested after Bush leaves office, so Bush cannot pardon him.

 

[DiamondDave]

Why do you continuously go out of your way to proclaim your stupidity? Does coming acrossed as an idiot somehow make you feel better... Maybe youre saying "I am living in bliss"... cause .. you know... thats what ignorance is...

Hmmm... stating the facts makes someone coming "accrossed" as an idiot... then I guess since you do exactly the opposite, you must be a freakin' genius

 

[Shogun]

Contempt of Congress
Definition

Congress has the authority to hold a person in contempt if the person's conduct or action obstructs the proceedings of Congress or, more usually, an inquiry by a committee of Congress.

Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who "willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment.

Before a Congressional witness may be convicted of contempt, it must be established that the matter under investigation is a subject which Congress has constitutional power to legislate.

Generally, the same Constitutional rights against self-incrimination that apply in a judicial setting apply when one is testifying before Congress.

Contempt of Congress | LII / Legal Information Institute

 

[Jeepers]

Hmmm... stating the facts makes someone coming "accrossed" as an idiot... then I guess since you do exactly the opposite, you must be a freakin' genius

What you meant to was that congress doesnt have constitutional authority to subpena or imprison but..it is an implied power backed by judicial precedent... Please stop trying to grandstand with your idiotic notions of applicable trivia...

 

[Jeepers]

What you meant to was that congress doesnt have constitutional authority to subpena or imprison but..it is an implied power backed by judicial precedent... Please stop trying to grandstand with your idiotic notions of applicable trivia...

I stand corrected.. shogun shows it being penned in 1938..

 

[DiamondDave]

Try looking at the separation of powers doctrine

The precedent is not on the side of Congress in this matter

 

[Shogun]

Try looking at the separation of powers doctrine

The precedent is not on the side of Congress in this matter

Actually, it is. Congress wouldn't provide the trial, the judicial branch would do that... However, Contempt of Congress is as viable as purgery before congress is prosecutable.

 

[Chris]

Contempt of Congress
Definition

Congress has the authority to hold a person in contempt if the person's conduct or action obstructs the proceedings of Congress or, more usually, an inquiry by a committee of Congress.

Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who "willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment.

Before a Congressional witness may be convicted of contempt, it must be established that the matter under investigation is a subject which Congress has constitutional power to legislate.

Generally, the same Constitutional rights against self-incrimination that apply in a judicial setting apply when one is testifying before Congress.

Contempt of Congress | LII / Legal Information Institute

I guess the Retired Gynecology Sargeant was wrong.

What a surprise!

 

[Chris]

 

[42Presidents]

So are you this passionate about other non-Bush politicians who have suspectingly committed some crime? Even if Rove did do something wrong, why do you and others insist on convicting someone before they are tried?

There are plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle who deserve to be jailed.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

So are you this passionate about other non-Bush politicians who have suspectingly committed some crime? Even if Rove did do something wrong, why do you and others insist on convicting someone before they are tried?

There are plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle who deserve to be jailed.

Not according to Sealybobo, Kirk and Jeepers. These three are partisan hacks of the worst sort.

 

[Shogun]

Not according to Sealybobo, Kirk and Jeepers. These three are partisan hacks of the worst sort.

dude. I posted evidence. Spare me the labels. The ONLY way rove will be impervious is if somehow the president fandangles something akin to his magical signing statements. Otherwise, Rove is not above the law.

 

[Chris]

So are you this passionate about other non-Bush politicians who have suspectingly committed some crime? Even if Rove did do something wrong, why do you and others insist on convicting someone before they are tried?

There are plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle who deserve to be jailed.

If Rove did something wrong? This guy has done nothing but wrong since he became an adult.


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