BUSH ORDERS IGNORANCE OF SUBPOENA AND CONTEMPT LAWS

So, here's a cutting from [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-usattys12jul12,1,7117374.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true|a July 12, 2007 article] at LATimes.com that reports on a bunch of witness that Congress legally issued subpoenas to in order to get them to testify about Federal Prosecutorgate:

In a broadly worded legal opinion, the Justice Department has concluded that President Bush's former top lawyer, and possibly other senior White House officials, can ignore subpoenas from Congress to testify about the firings of U.S. attorneys.

The three-page opinion raises questions about whether the Justice Department would prosecute senior administration officials if Congress voted to hold them in contempt for not cooperating with the investigation into the firing last year of eight top prosecutors.

Surprisingly, the LA Times article brings up my point. What about charges of contempt of Congress? Regardless of any law, you'd think it would be considered rude (aka contemptuous to ignore a subpoena. I thought combating this sort of behavior was why "contempt" laws came to exist.

Once again we see how the Bush Administration is above the law.

Not thinks they are above the law--they are above the law. Why? Because no one in the US Government is enforcing the law at this point. Currently, it's up to Congress to impeach Bush and Cheney. But only Boxer is talking about doing that these days. I'll blog on her later today. :) .

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