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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 November’s 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 House’s power to arrest.
“From the Republic’s 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 Congress’s 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 Senate’s 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)
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To: philman_36
“From the Republic’s 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...

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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!)
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To: philman_36

“ssa said that while there is enough evidence to indict, the American people will have to play judge and jury in November’s 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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