To: V K Lee
Issa said that while there is enough evidence to indict, the American people will have to play judge and jury in Novembers election.That is a despicable cop out!
BREAKING: Rep. Steve Stockman: Sgt. At Arms to Arrest Lois Lerner
The New York Times also recognizes the Houses power to arrest.
From the Republics earliest days, Congress has had the right to hold recalcitrant witnesses in contempt and even imprison them all by itself. In 1795, shortly after the Constitution was ratified, the House ordered its sergeant at arms to arrest and detain two men accused of trying to bribe members of Congress. The House held a trial and convicted one of them, the Times wrote in a Dec. 4, 2007 editorial.
In 1821, the Supreme Court upheld Congresss right to hold people in contempt and imprison them. Without this power, the court ruled, Congress would be exposed to every indignity and interruption, that rudeness, caprice, or even conspiracy, may mediate against it. Later, in a 1927 case arising from the Teapot Dome scandal, the court upheld the Senates arrest of the brother of a former attorney general carried out in Ohio by the deputy sergeant at arms for ignoring a subpoena to testify, the Times wrote.
They didn't, but they could have.
No plans to arrest Lois Lerner, John Boehner says
Boehner said a provision allowing the House to make its own arrest has "never been used and I'm not sure it's an appropriate way to go about this. It's up to Eric holder to do his job."
Another cop out!
Contempt Power
Under the inherent contempt power of the House, the recalcitrant witness may be arrested and brought to trial before the bar of the House, with the offender facing possible incarceration. 3 Hinds § 1685.
20 posted on
06/25/2016 8:12:33 PM PDT by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
To: philman_36
From the Republics earliest days, Congress has had the right to hold recalcitrant witnesses in contempt and even imprison them all by itself. In 1795, shortly after the Constitution was ratified, the House ordered its sergeant at arms to arrest and detain two men accused of trying to bribe members of Congress. The House held a trial and convicted one of them, the Times wrote in a Dec. 4, 2007 editorial.Without the majority support of the Senate, and their honest attempt at persuading the majority of the electorate that impeachment is critical for the health of the Republic, blaming any individual is an exercise in useless grandstanding.
The ignorant critics need to educate themselves.
An excellent Primer is...
It is never too late to impeach any elected traitor or criminal.
Hillary is secondary.
There is more than enough justification to impeach the Kenyan pretender, and his criminal cabal.
33 posted on
06/25/2016 9:29:23 PM PDT by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: philman_36
“ssa said that while there is enough evidence to indict, the American people will have to play judge and jury in Novembers election.”
The American people need to play judge, jury, and punisher with every treasonous POS Democrat and Republican in congress RIGHT NOW.
55 posted on
06/26/2016 7:35:42 AM PDT by
MikeSteelBe
(Barackolypse How?)
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