Posted on 07/15/2014 6:20:13 PM PDT by blueyon
"White House to Defy Congressional Subpoena, Prevent Top Political Aide From Testifying at Hearing"
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defying a congressional subpoena by keeping a top political aide to President Barack Obama from testifying at a hearing Wednesday.
The White House is arguing that Obama adviser David Simas (SEE’-muhs) is immune from subpoena by the House Oversight Committee in its investigation into the political office that he directs.
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It’s called diplomatic immunity since their real homeland HAS to be somewhere else because the Constitution of the United States is obviously not the law of their land.
Not talking about me, but I have a sense of lot's of itchy fingers out and about. Just sayin'.
FMCDH(BITS)
Anybody who knows the remedy for this should speak up. There has to be some forcing function that leads to a court decision. Or is there?
Maybe the Congress should ask the attorney general for assistance...no, wait.
Yeah, it’s called the US Supreme Court by bringing a case forward about it.
And then the second remedy is called a “Constitutional Amendment” if the US Supreme Court decides in favor of the Office of the President of the United States of America.
I don’t believe the US Supreme Court would rule against the Office of the President of the United Staes of America, in this situation, so I believe that leaves you with the remedy of the Constitutional Amemdment.
Im[each and remove.
Combine the Bemghazi and IRS committees under Gowdy and let’s roll.
The only problem with that is that the Attorney General is part of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH of government (of the three branches) and is thus under control of the Office of the President of the United States of America.
You’ll need to go to another “branch of government” for resolution in this.
That was a “joke”. The AG is a criminal reprobate who already is held in contempt by Congress for some time now. Therefore, if you are in contempt of congress...so what? Lawlessness reigns.
If you get ALL the GOP Semators to vote for conviction, can you tell me which 22 Democrat Senators are going to vote for conviction? ... LOL ...
You laugh as an idiot would when unable to consider just what the political ramifications for any dim ocrat not voting to impeach a treasonous pResident will be. Still wearing those obamaroid kneepads ST?
Just give me those 22 Democrats names, of you want to start the process ... :-) ...
Don’t care, the house has a duty to bring the charges. et the senate do what it will do.
You can do nothing, just sit by and be a spectator and bitch about the guy.
Your problem isn’t finding 22 Democrats.
Your problem is finding more than 5-7 Republicans who would vote to convict.
Well, I kinda think that it might be more like 5-7 who don’t vote to convict ... along with ALL THE DEMOCRATS who vote not to convict.
The Impeachment process is going nowhere, because everyone knows there’s not a chance in a million to get a conviction.
Chop this budget in half! No compliance with subpeona, no budget.
The US House of Represetatives works in “approximately” the same fashion as a DISTRICT ATTORNEY who must determine whether to charge or not charge someone - and then must “present the case” to a jury who then VOTES for conviction or not.
One of the functions this attorney does is to make an evaluation as to whether this case has a chance of “winning” - in terms of getting a conviction. Many times a decision will be made to NOT CHARGE someone because it’s basically NOT WINNABLE before a jury. He doesn’t want to waste the taxpayer’s money on a unwinnable case.
If it’s a toss-up and he thinks he can “make the case”, he’ll proceed. But if he knows that there’s no way he’s going to get a conviction, then he won’t. That’s also why some cases are dropped after hung juries. It’s a waste of resources to proceed.
As it stands right now, this is a a TOTALLY UNWINNABLE CASE with the “jury” of the US Senate!
were you confused when I said I don’t care what the senate does. It is up to the house to do it’s duty.
As I explained, its duty also involves making a determination as to whether they waste the taxpayer’s money and waste the time and effort on a totally UNWINNABLE CASE!
Couldn’t disagree more. the case is very winnable. The facts will establish high crimes and misdemeanors. It’s up to the senate to do the right thing. Not the house to back off.
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