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Why does Judicial Watch have to sue in the Trump era?
1 posted on 12/14/2017 2:09:43 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Boom!


2 posted on 12/14/2017 2:11:29 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Why does Judicial Watch have to sue in the Trump era?

That's a complex question, to which probably no one knows the complete answer. Suffice it to say, the deep state has very deep roots.

3 posted on 12/14/2017 2:13:00 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

There has been so much damage to Jeff Sessions as a low life do nothing scum sucking a-hole responsible for a Republic, it’s hard to guess the dollar amount he agreed to.


5 posted on 12/14/2017 2:13:49 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

While oversight cmtes are contemplating preparing subpoenas and Judicial Watch sues for disclosure AG is taking de facto dirt naps.


6 posted on 12/14/2017 2:14:06 PM PST by Lent
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Not sure. I guess because of all of the Deep State Swamp creatures working within the govt?

JW doing yeoman’s work. God bless them.

Everyone should send them $5, this Christmas.


7 posted on 12/14/2017 2:16:08 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

JW is the selected mechanism rather than leaks to obtain documents used by by prosecutors in the coming wide ranging indictments


9 posted on 12/14/2017 2:19:45 PM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking goodnomena)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I’m enjoying this.

JW and Fitton rock.

5.56mm


10 posted on 12/14/2017 2:20:17 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

My only Logical conclusion is because of fear it will topple a Majority of Public Servants in DC, including MANY High Ranking Members of BOTH Parties. Which is also why CONgress refuses to exercise their oversight authority and demand answers.

Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!

“U.S. CODE
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”

Simply look up Hinds Precedents, especially chapters 53 and 51, and Cannon’s Precedents, especially chapters 184-185. You’ll find numerous detailed cases of Congress asserting its power, arresting people, holding them until they agreed to answer questions, and then releasing them. Some of these people did not refuse to appear, but simply failed to satisfactorily answer questions. One has to wonder how a previous Congress might have responded to Alberto Gonzales’s endless recitations of “I do not recall.”

Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR

No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!

CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!

Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)

If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.

Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.

Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.

Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.

Some references

[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html

[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html

[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit

[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html

[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf

[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/

In 1857, a New York Times reporter refused to say which members of Congress had asked him to get them bribes (protecting his “sources” just as various Judith Millers today protect the people who feed them proven lies that costs thousands of lives), so Congress locked him up until he answered and then banned him from Congress.

In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned.


11 posted on 12/14/2017 2:22:34 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Judicial Watch has to sue in the Trump era because if a Federal Judge orders the FBI to produce the requested FOI records and the FBI refuses to do so then the judge could impose fines against the agency and/or imprison/fine the government official responsible. This has happened only a couple of times but it is possible, especially if the President may demand it. Also, ignoring the subpoena of a judge to appear in court and testify is fraught with a lot more legal risk than that which could be imposed by our useless Congress.
13 posted on 12/14/2017 2:26:55 PM PST by WMarshal (John McCain is the turd in America's punch bowl. McLame cannot even fake an injury.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

need to ask for his time and attendance reports ( for payroll) and check them against his messages.


21 posted on 12/14/2017 2:53:47 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Good question.

And I do not want to hear about people are allowed to have a political POV and still be in the FBI etc.

Sure that’s true but this jackass was abusing his position BECAUSE of his politics. Also, how come there are so many of these texting shady ass Trump haters surrounding Mueller and this Russia BS?

You mean there are no conservatives or independent FBI agents to work this case?


25 posted on 12/14/2017 3:00:30 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
I think that the sad answer is that even after almost a year, the Deep State, Democrats and RINO’s have so interfered with Trump appointments and cleaning house at federal agencies that it is still not the “Trump Administration.”
26 posted on 12/14/2017 3:01:58 PM PST by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I want to know what the “insurance policy” was.


27 posted on 12/14/2017 3:12:35 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

And so it begins... (no need to record this, I’m being funny)


29 posted on 12/14/2017 3:13:54 PM PST by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

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30 posted on 12/14/2017 3:17:03 PM PST by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Admiral Rogers, Head of the NSA, meets with President-elect Donald J. Trump at Trump Tower on November 17, 2017.

The next day, on November 18th, the President’s transition operation is moved to Bedminster, NJ.

Hmmm....

Methinks Adm. Rogers is a “white hat” and has advised the new President-elect that nefarious things have been going on with regard to illegal surveillance.

Buckle up folks, this is gonna be good.


34 posted on 12/14/2017 4:00:17 PM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Newt just said that it’s very likely all of these people will be going to jail.


40 posted on 12/14/2017 6:36:03 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free".)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Watching


50 posted on 12/14/2017 7:26:09 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Okay, I’ll say it... has Judicial Watch ever done anything that resulted in jail for corrupt politicians?

I
‘ll say, “Good Luck” to them, but....


51 posted on 12/14/2017 7:45:29 PM PST by hattend
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Good for Judicial Watch...


57 posted on 12/15/2017 9:45:02 AM PST by GOPJ (EVERY hellhole in the world is run by self appointed 'elites'...think about THAT FBI traitors.)
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