This is it. Bush has thrown down the gauntlet. House Judiciary Committee subpoenas will be challenged in court.
As mentioned in the Daily Kos: State of the Nation this is about checks and balances. If someone refuses a Congressional subpoena, the individual can be accused of contempt of Congress. A request is sent to the Attorney General of the District of Columbia for charges to be filed. That's right, the Attorney General.
Charges will not be filed, is my guess. Then what? If a Congressional subpoena is shown to have no power, how will Congress react? This story is just beginning, and I have a feeling that even the most loyal "Bushie" in Congress doesn't like the idea of a completely toothless legislature.
The good work of the people at TPMmuckraker has borne sweet fruit, a wiki dedicated to the DOJ scandal. Is it Gonzalesgate? AGgate? Whatever it is, it is here; Main Page - Gonzopedia.
I encourage anyone to help transcribe the document dump on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee website to the wiki and help make sense of it. Let's give Congress good reason to let us in on it next time. "Many hands make light work", right?
As I type, the future of Democracy is being written. Accountability. Transparency. Participation. I love it. I'm just excited that this story is web-driven, citizen-driven. We the people are learning to exert the natural pressures of society upon our elites. Life will never be the same.
I'm going to get back to reading emails from the White House...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Constitutional Showdown
Labels:
Attorney General,
Bush,
Documents,
Gonzales,
Judiciary Committee,
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