If I were Speaker of the House, I would be retaining the best Constitutional lawyers in the country and kick some Executive Branch A$$. This is beyond the pale. This is a Declaration of War on the Legislative Branch.
But 0bama, he don’ kno nuttin’ ‘bout tappin no reppies.
No. Holder, he ain’ don’ nuttin neither.
Imagine if they were seizing phone records from the Supreme Court.
Where did I say that? I was merely pointing out that there is a distinction between "tapping" and subpoenaing phone records. It appears, on the surface at least, that there might have been a subpoena that could have made the collection of these records technically legal. Wiretaps would require an order from a judge, and any judge would be very reluctant to grant ANY wiretap authorization that covered members of Congress. For the administration to illegally tap members of Congress WOULD be an impeachable offense.
Don't conflate my attempts to insure that we are clear on the actions taken by the DOJ with approving of the actions they took. But if we overstate the case beyond what the facts bear out, it makes it much easier for them to cast us as extremists and whackos who don't pay attention to the facts of the case...