Posted on 06/03/2010 5:28:47 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
In a letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee Republican, Robert Bauer, counsel to Obama, implied the president may use executive privilege to hide some memos Elena Kagan wrote when she served in the Clinton White House.
“President Obama does not intend to assert executive privilege over any of the documents requested by the Committee,” Bauer writes.
“Of course, President Clinton also has an interest in these records, and his representative is reviewing them now,” he adds.
The Clinton library has more than 150,000 documents related to Elena Kagan. This is one of the few sources we have to know what Kagan thinks on many issues.
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“President Obama does not intend to assert executive privilege over any of the documents requested by the Committee,” Bauer writes.
I’m having a little trouble coming up with “may use executive privilege” from “ does not intend to assert exective privilege”. Is it just me?
I’m not a lawyer but I would believe using Executive Order to withhold documents from the Congress is very illegal! Perhaps unconstitutional!
But then since when he cared about the Constitution?
So let me get this straight, out of thousands of potential candidates, the man who thinks he is a prophet or God’s annointe selects one candidate...and then he keeps her past a secret from the country that she is supposed to serve?
History has many examples of rulers like this.
Gee ,love that TRANSPARENCY!!!
So as an attorney,
would you plead your case as, “your honor”,
or “hey Butch”?
There's a couple senators from Maine that still think she's just awesome. Forget a filibuster.
Yes... and Obama is one of them.
If the GOP is serious one of them would use his “blue slip” power and put the nomination on hold.
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.
They may be able to hide the documents, but this is not a criminal investigation. The purpose is to learn about her to decide whether to let her in. If she intentionally hides her own documents, reasonable people have learned all they need to make a responsible decision.
See the George W. Bush administration.
What is that saying about swine and pearls again?
I guess if they want a fillibuster this would be the way to do it?
Stop questioning, just accept, it’s Barryspeak at its best.
Why?
Hiding papers worked wonderfully well for Barry.
If he did that he is stamping her information as guilty
Hillary probably told him where she hid the FBI files when she was there.
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