He might even call for "backup", but he will maintain order in his own house.
The court has now overstepped where the Executive overstepped. Time to cut off their heat for the winter; maybe even their filter water contracts.
how do you know? suppose the party in power in Congress was wholly corrupt, even to the point of excusing real crimes?
this will go to appeal all the way to the SCOTUS, so let's see what happens. I predict a 9-0 defeat in the SCOTUS personally, on the narrow point with respect to this case being covered by some constitutional protection.
let congress do whatever it wants with respect to the budget. hell, let Congress stand up and repeal the federal bribery laws for its members if they want to thwart these investigations - but don't subvert the process by claiming some constitutional protection for them.