Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
Posted on 02/01/2012 7:17:02 PM PST by Sallyven
[snip]...Jablonski remained true to his word -- neither he nor Obama showed up for the January 26 hearing. I noted last week that Obama was not scheduled to be anywhere near Atlanta on the date of the hearing, although I had wondered if still, perhaps, Georgia might be on his mind. According to reports in the blogosphere, the president's schedule on the morning of the 26th was open, and according to an unnamed source, Obama watched the live feed of the hearings.
Perhaps Obama, as well as the several mainstream media news outlets I spotted at the hearing, were merely watching in hopes that the "crazy birthers" would really do something...well, crazy. Or unlawful. In fact, though, it was the president himself and his defense team who were the ones defying the rule of law.
The mainstream media, in lockstep with Obama, reported nothing of the events, in a stunning blackout on a truly historic hearing -- one that discussed the eligibility of a sitting president to run for a second term. And more troubling was the fact that the media failed to acknowledge the even more sensational news -- that the president and his defense attorney snubbed an official subpoena.
Today, Attorney Van Irion, on behalf of his client, Georgia resident David Welden, filed a "Motion for Finding of Contempt" with Judge Malihi...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Including Fox is not reporting it
So called Conserative Talk shows on Radio not reporting it
Including Fox is not reporting it
So called Conserative Talk shows on Radio not reporting it
“Including Fox is not reporting it
So called Conserative Talk shows on Radio not reporting it”
The mainstream media is ignoring it hoping it will “go away”. Conservative talk radio is not touching it yet because of fear that the decision will be similar to all the earlier decisions that favored the anti-constitutionalists. If the decision goes the way that the US Constitution says it should, then there will be no shortage of coverage. I’m hoping that the Georgia decision is made with wisdom, courage and love of our country and its Constitution. If it is, it will be the first step in laying a foundation for a brighter future for the USA.
He WAS subpoened, and spun, delayed and tread water for a couple of months, then faced with the reality that he was caught cold, he resigned.
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Watergate Chronology
1974
January
There are now ongoing calls for Nixon to resign and the Congress begins to seriously consider impeachment.
TIME Magazine names Watergate Judge John Sirica as Man of the Year.
February 6
The House of Representatives votes to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether grounds exist for the impeachment of President Nixon.
Complete List of Members of the House Judiciary Committee
March 1
Nixon is named as an unindicted co-conspirator in an indictment against seven former presidential aides.
April 16
Special Prosecutor Jaworski issues a subpoena for 64 White House tapes.
April 30
Nixon refuses to hand over the tapes, but provides more edited transcripts to the Judiciary Committee. He appears on national television to announce his decision to release the transcripts. There is public shock at the general tone of the conversations and the foul language used by Nixon and others. The expression “expletive deleted” enters the vocabulary.
Full Text of Nixon’s Address to the Nation.
May 9
Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee.
July 24
The Supreme Court, by a unanimous vote of 8-0 (William Rehnquist abstaining) upholds the Special Prosecutor’s subpoena, ordering Nixon to make the tapes available for the Watergate trials of his former subordinates. The case is known as United States v. Nixon.
The full text of the Supreme Court’s decision.
Listen to some of the White House tapes.
July 25
Barbara Jordan, a Democratic Party member of the House Judiciary Committee, makes a famous speech reminding her colleagues of the constitutional basis for impeachment of the President.
Read Barbara Jordan’s speech
July 27
The House Judiciary Committee adopts the first Article of Impeachment by a vote of 27-11, with 6 Republicans voting with the Democrats. The Article charges Nixon with obstruction of the investigation of the Watergate break-in.
Full text of the Articles of Impeachment.
Analysis of the Judiciary Committee’s votes.
Listen to the announcement of the Committee’s vote to Chairman Rodino.
Listen to Lawrence Hogan, a Republican member of the Committee
July 29
The House Judiciary Committee adopts the second Article of Impeachment that charges Nixon with misuse of power and violation of his oath of office.
July 30
The House Judiciary Committee adopts the third Article of Impeachment, charging Nixon with failure to comply with the House subpoenas.
Listen to the Impeachment Resolution being moved in the Judiciary Committee
August 5
Nixon releases transcripts of three conversation he had with Haldeman six days after the Watergate break-in. The June 23 tape becomes known as The Smoking Gun because it reveals that Nixon ordered the FBI to abandon its investigation of the break-in.
Nixon releases three more tapes that prove he ordered a cover-up of the Watergate burglary on June 23rd 1972, six days after the break-in. The tapes show that he knew of the involvement of White House officials and the Campaign for the Re-election of the President, as well as revealing that Nixon ordered the FBI to abandon its investigation of the break-in.
These tapes become known as The Smoking Gun The eleven Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who voted against impeachment say they will change their votes. It is clear that Nixon will be impeached and convicted in the Senate.
Transcript of the Smoking Gun tape
August 7
Three senior Republican congressmen meet with Nixon, advising him that his chances of avoiding impeachment by the House and removal from office by the Senate are “gloomy”.
Around the country, calls mount for Nixon’s resignation, and speculation builds about Nixon’s intentions.
A Law Professor at the University of Arkansas comments on Watergate.
August 8
In a televised address to the nation at 9pm, Nixon announces that he will resign
http://watergate.info/chronology/1974.shtml
(links active at site)
On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Council as the subject of a grand-jury investigation.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-testifies-before-grand-jury
Wrong place.
Comments (13 as of this posting)
Brett Baier reported the hearing,
and as I recall .. not the snub
by the won.
What fast fingers you have grandma!
I just received information that Judge Mahili rejected the White House pdf file of Obama’s long form birth certificate abstract.
Thank you, FN ..
Illinois State Board of Elections Overruled 3 Ballot Challenges Against Obama: Barack Obama’s Name Will Appear on Illinois Ballot
Sharon Meroni tweeted the following from the ballot access hearing in Illinois today:
“I’m at #Illinois eligibility hearing for Obama. As expected Jackson v Obama is dismissed- we have video! #phnm @birtherreport” - https://twitter.com/#!/patriotsheart/status/165124692896792576
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/02/illinois-state-board-of-elections.html
More of Farrar’s comments here.
I dunno, you seem to be doing a pretty good job of it.
Getting ready I am.
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