[John Valentine]

Maybe this judge can’t hold the President in contempt (the remedy against a sitting President being impeachment, conviction and removal from office), but he sure can hold numerous underlings, henchmen and factotums in contempt and issue bench warrants for their arrest.

I think the effect could be salutary if implementers are held to the law. Might make others think twice before acting illegally just because their boss tells them to.

[Hostage]

Jackpot! You got it!

[jospehm20]

That is what needs to happen. Following orders is not an excuse for breaking the law. People who do it need to go to jail, all the way up to the jerk off running DHS.

[concernedcitizen76]

John V, that’s a great point. If the judge held the complicit underlings for contempt of court and sentenced them to the slammer for a spell, it would smash through Gang Obama’s veneer of invincibility. That would be huge. It would scare the sychophants to learn this administration is not impregnable. Obama’s got less than 2 years before he holes up at Casa Magnum PI in Hawaii with Reggie. The other misecreants of Club Fed have their careers, reputations and pensions to consider. From all accounts, this judge is not about to buckle.

[Usagi_yo]

“(the remedy against a sitting President being impeachment, conviction and removal from office)”

It’s impeachment, removal from office, conviction.

The Government may have mislead, but it was the Attorney’s that lied, and the process for that is well established. The lawyers get thrown under the bus. Sanctioned by the court, fined, perhaps a criminal referral if one can be made and first and foremost disbarment.

[SaraJohnson]

Might make others think twice before acting illegally just because their boss tells them to.

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When I worked for the Federal gov. my name was on the contracts. I did not obey orders from anyone in awarding contracts in accordance with the law. It would be me, not them, who went to jail had I broken the law. It was under-stood that you did not ask people to break the law. It was dishonorable.

[NTHockey]

>>he sure can hold numerous underlings, henchmen and factotums in contempt and issue bench warrants for their arrest.<<

That’s how Watergate went from a “second-rate burglary” to a national scandal. Arrest the lowest guy and watch him turn over on his boss. And so on, up the food chain.

How long do you think Valerie Jarrett would stay true to the half breed little boy, if faced with lots of jail time?