Posted on 04/16/2014 8:02:40 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would stop government paychecks for officials who have been found in contempt of Congress — a move that seems designed in the short term to go after Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
Mr. Holder has refused to cooperate with House Republicans’ probe into the Fast & Furious gun-walking operation, and the House has voted to find him in contempt. Mr. Holder is challenging that vote in court.
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LOL.
Dat beez raysiss!!
Ex post facto. Won't stand up in court.
Not a bad idea for the future though.
Judges Accuse Holder of Disrespecting the Judicial System
FrontPage Magazine ^ | April 15, 2014 | Daniel Greenfield
But as Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse already pointed out, Attorney General Eric Holder doesn’t follow the law, he advocates a certain point of view.
His own.
Like Obama, Holder makes up his own laws as he goes along, abusing power by acting like a tyrant.
The United States Sentencing Commission Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to revise sentencing guidelines for non-violent drug offenders, but not before one commissioner accused Attorney General Eric Holder of having “disrespected” the judicial branch’s role in sentencing reform.
“I regret that, before we voted on the amendment, the Attorney General instructed Assistant United States Attorneys across the Nation not to object to defense requests to apply the proposed amendment in sentencing proceedings going forward,” Judge William Pryor, Jr. said at a public hearing in Washington. “That unprecedented instruction disrespected our statutory role, ‘as an independent commission in the judicial branch,’ to establish sentencing policies and practices under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.”
In August, Holder revealed his “Smart on Crime” initiative, which includes recommendations for reduced sentencing, without consulting with the Sentencing Commission—an independent agency within the judicial branch tasked with setting such policies. Although the sentencing reforms themselves were not controversial, Holder’s cavalier approach to separation of powers, including a March memo in which he “instructed the Assistant United States Attorneys across the Nation not to object to defense requests to apply the proposed amendment in sentencing proceedings going forward,” irritated commissioners and alarmed supporters of constitutional separation of powers.
Chief Judge Ricardo Hinojosa concurred with Pryor that Holder is setting a “dangerous precedent.”
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Obama will never sign it. Sure it’s feel good, but it is also cover to allow them to avoid exercizing the real constitutional power they DO have to arrest him and Lois.
THAT would accomplish something other than feel good.
Ricky Youve Been a BAD BOY,...and Uncle Daddy is putting a Hold On your Allowance...
yep it would have been a start
Stop his pay? Why? No additional law is needed. Impeach the SOB.
ARREST Mrs Holder’s lil boy RIcky? wouldnt that be racess!?
Cutting the budgets of DoJ, EPA, BLM and other detestable federal agencies would be better. It s not like they are doing anything useful anyways.
Wrong! Pay has not yet been earned, and this is Civil law not criminal law. This will be very enforceable if passed.
I’m fine with the name/label ‘Racist”. I raced snowmobiles, cars and trucks in my misspent youth ;)
Well, well, well.
The sorry RINO leadership is FINALLY starting to earn their measly stipend of $172K each.
His refusal to prosecute the BLACK PANTHERS for voter intimidation should be enough to put him away for at least a decade....
Im all for his ARREST!
Can they write in retirees to that Bill too? Thinking Lois Lerner...
Wasn’t that fully funded in the last Ryan/Murray budget?
The sorry RINO leadership is FINALLY starting to earn their measly stipend of $172K each.
I don’t think so. The government is already funded for the fiscal year. Holder will get his cash. This is just some red meat for the GOP base. Reid will never take this bill up and Boehner has preemptively surrendered the House’s leverage points.
no law will make it passed the senate and president.
congress must arrest holder and assign a special prosecutor now.
we must purge those that are career bureaucrats and anti-justice.
know justice. know peace.
It’s for media purposes only, and that is probably a good strategy. It won’t get past the Senate and President, but if it gets a little publicity, it helps inform a few more Americans who aren’t watching the Stephen Colbert show.
First Eliminate his Allowance...then ARREST him!
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