Comments on: AG Mukasey: Take Your Contempt Citation and Shove It, Congress

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:05:27 +0000

And we’re off to court.

Ed Morrissey called it.

By: stef

stef — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:26:04 +0000

“And we’re off to court. Pelosi must enjoy losing.”

How does she lose?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:49:25 +0000

And we're off to court. Pelosi must enjoy losing.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:15:56 +0000

Our Paul, no one has found anything to make the claim of obstruction of justice change from the fantasy to “real”. Even the claims of involvement of the fired US attornies in investigations of Republican congressmen have long ago been debunked, check out older threads here on Patterico.

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:33:38 +0000

Contempt of the Kangaroo Court that these hearings have been?

By: krazy kagu

krazy kagu — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:43:59 +0000

Can the judge hold him for CONTEMPT OF COURT?

By: DaSarge

DaSarge — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:35:02 +0000

Patterico would know more about this, but isn’t the decision to initiate an investigation and/or seek an indictment discretionary? It is unethical in my state for a prosecutor to act unless the prosecutor believes in good faith that justice will be served.

If Mukasey does not think justice is served by going further, it is his ethical and constitutional duty to down tools. Moreover, this approach avoids a constitutional struggle.

I do not think Congress has the power to initiate its own prosecution. That power lies solely with the Executive Branch. That Congress would try suggests they have no idea what they are doing or are just grandstanding. Probably both.

By: stef

stef — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:25:19 +0000

“Where does the Congress get its authority to issue subpoenas except, possibly, in trials for impeachment or hearings on expulsion of one of its members?”

Probably the necessary and proper clause.

By: stef

stef — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:23:22 +0000

Cant they file their own civil contempt suit directly against the people who refuse to follow the subpoenas?

By: nk

nk — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:55:50 +0000

“congressional subpoena”?

Where does the Congress get its authority to issue subpoenas except, possibly, in trials for impeachment or hearings on expulsion of one of its members?