23 July 2007
If things are not bad enough under the Bush administration it seems that if Congress holds White House officials in comtempt for withholding information in the US attorney scandal, the Justice Department will not persue the charges. There goes the Constitution out the window. The Supreme Court is already making rulings that “end run” the Contitution’s meanings. So much for the rule of law under this administration. Congress has the right to investigate why nine US attorneys were replaced. Several administration officials have already admitted illegal or improper actions which involve politicization of the country’s chief law enforcement agency. Harriet Miers, former White House consel didn’t even respond to a Congressional subpoena. She should be held in contempt of Congress.
If Congress holds White House officials in contempt, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia should bring the matter to a grand jury. The administration is saying that its claim of executive privilege means that the United States attorney would be ordered not to go forward with the case. The White House’s extreme position could lead to a constitutional crisis. Congress should use all of the tools necessary to pursue its investigations. This is about preserving the checks and balances that are a vital part of American democracy.
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