House could arrest Holder with inherent contempt power

Washington Times ^ | Friday June 13, 2012

[driftdiver]

Good question, I think the Congress has their own security team which enforces their actions and provides security.

Everything else is under the DOJ and Holder.

[jeffc]

If House Repubs are not even considering this, and flatly rule it out, why is the Times writing about it? It's a non-story and frankly seems made up to try to make the Repubs look bad.

Here's the way it works: The Times prints this story and some leftist blogger picks it up and posts a story on how the Times has a story about the possible use of 'inherent contempt' by the Repubs to put Holder in jail. Big Media pick it up and report it as a real story. Now the Repubs, who never even thought of this, look bad (as Big Media will make them look).

Voila! More pressure on the Repubs to be 'lenient'.

[MHGinTN]

So if Issa’s committee called Holder before a committee hearing, the Sargeant at arms could take his skinny fascist ass into custody? I like it!

[FrankR]

[Tau Food]

I sure hope not.

I think ths guy’s contempt consists in no turning over some documents.

My contempt is deeper and more fundamental. I think most of them are crooks.

[Poison Pill]

They’re scared to death because the courts have said … the way the contempt power is used is unseemly.

It's an immutable law of the universe that there will always be enough Republicans to act like they are voting on country club bylaws governing the use of olives vs. onions as acceptable Martini garnishes while outside the garden gates Democrats are pulling apart the Republic.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Nancy Pelosi wanted to arrest Karl Rove WITHOUT a contempt charge.

[oncebitten]

Or anything more! Was his wower wip qwiverwing when he said it?

[MHGinTN]

I think you’re right!

[TADSLOS]

Has Boehner stopped sobbing yet?

[muawiyah]

Members of the Executive might decide to never visit Congress again, but it's their rules ~ so if we can entice the little bugger in there again he can be arrested, tied up (no formal cell around anymore), charged, tried, convicted and, since there's no cell to keep him, executed!

Maybe Sebelius would like to testify before a House committee ~ the same thing could happen. But remember, she's tetched in the head so she'd be going in there while they were carrying the bodies of other traitors out past her. I can see her looking down her long nose at them and snorting.

Those who got in the way could be dealt with harshly ~ Pelosi would, of course, be running around screeching and screaming, so she'd have to be tied up at the least, and put in a closet so her sounds wouldn't disturb the others.

The whole Robespierre trickbag is all there.

Remember, a Congress or Parliament, no matter how well behaved, arose in a tumultuous time, or in a revolution, where the personal safety of the members was not secure so they had to band together in a common agreement ~ a COMPACT ~ to protect themselves. There is no higher authority than the House. Says so right in the Constitution.

[vortigern]

Voting to hold him in contempt and doing nothing else is like stamping your foot because you're angry. Arrest the bastard.

[crosshairs]

Holder’s people in congress will go ape shiite if he’s arrested. They’ll make theatre out of it, big time.

[DannyTN]

They really need to put teeth in this.

Will the civil case have teeth?

To hold Holder in Contempt and then let him continue ignoring congress, will make the Executive branch feel like Congress is inconsequential. That's not good.

[super7man]

Breaking News:

In response to the contempt vote, Holder was heard to say, “I believe I will blow my nose in your general direction.”

[Foolsgold]

Maybe Sebelius would like to testify before a House committee ~ the same thing could happen.

Sebelius as of yesterday is the second most powerful person in the world /sarc. Everything in the 2700 pages is to be determined, by her and she will have direct access to your bank account and CAN TAKE IT AT WILL. If anything is unconstitutional, that is.

[muawiyah]

I think the House needs to construct a detention facility right there on the House floor.

It'd have ONE CHAIR ~

[mware]

This morning they said that the Stg. of Arms could put Holder into custody.

[muawiyah]

i’ve been saying that for years. The Constitution says the House makes its own rules. Presumably that includes those regarding crime ~

[Foolsgold]

I think the House needs to construct a detention facility right there on the House floor.

It'd have ONE CHAIR ~Hooked up to Green Energy

There fixed it !!