Contempt In Court
by Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium: Wed., May 14, 2008
Filed under: Congressional Oversight
On Friday, White House lawyers filed a motion in civil court, arguing against the House’s own filing last month in its attempt to enforce subpoenas against Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers. As I reported at the time, the White House appears to be arguing that the courts ought to stay out of the fight and let the House use other means of leverage to get the information it seeks from the executive branch.
the Legislative Branch may vindicate its interests
without enlisting judicial support: Congress has a variety of other
means by which it can exert pressure on the Executive Branch, such as
the withholding of consent for Presidential nominations, reducing
Executive Branch appropriations, and the exercise of other powers
Congress has under the Constitution.
The entire document runs 83 pages. I’ll try to get my hands on a
copy, to see what other dubious arguments the administration is making.
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Congress overshoot
These people still at it? Get that report and post it up, I would like to read it. Now we're counting on you, the clock is ticking, you shouldn't have told us!