Posted on 05/11/2014 8:07:02 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
I can’t find that anyone has ever been physically held in contempt of congress.
And if you add on to that....they have to deal with Holder. Seriously!? Why anyone expected anything to happen is beyond me.
So says John "Poker Face" Boehner - but wrongly.
Even the NY Times knows more about congress than the Republican congressional leader:
Congress Has a Way of Making Witnesses Speak: Its Own Jail
"Congress Has a Way of Making Witnesses Speak: Its Own Jail In 1795, shortly after the Constitution was ratified, the House ordered its sergeant at arms to arrest and detain two men accused of trying to bribe members of Congress. The House held a trial and convicted one of them.
In 1821, the Supreme Court upheld Congresss right to hold people in contempt and imprison them. Without this power, the court ruled, Congress would be exposed to every indignity and interruption, that rudeness, caprice, or even conspiracy, may mediate against it. Later, in a 1927 case arising from the Teapot Dome scandal, the court upheld the Senates arrest of the brother of a former attorney general carried out in Ohio by the deputy sergeant at arms for ignoring a subpoena to testify."
hehe
Here’s the NY Times on it when there was a Republican administration:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04tue4.html?_r=0
After the CIC and AG are in prison, then we can discuss who’s next.
Once again boner proves he is no boner. Limp.
No we don’t. We have the “red short blue shirt” uniparty. The only difference is that, quite a number of the “blue shirts” are true believers in their marxist totalitarian vision, and will work day and night to enforce it. The “red shirt” side just wants to protect its perks and local power, and will cave on every plank in the platform to do so. They don’t care if they don’t attain the majority for purposes of directing the course of the country, they just want to protect their personal power and position.
No, more like jaywalking. A speeding ticket has more consequences.
So why bother. Might as well erect a statue of her for all the good the contempt citation does.
Of course, my contempt for Congress is unending. Just think, we are paying EACH AND EVERY MEMBER of Congress $174k/yr. plus benefits. And they enrich themselves on insider trading. And THEY DO NOTHING.
The law which would allow for Lerner’s arrest has NEVER been used.
Lerner is NOT the one to use this trump card on!
It’s not even that bad. A speeding ticket will eventually come back to haunt you.
It is now official and has been for some time. The government can come after you for any reason they choose ad there’s nothing you can do about it.
With republicans like this the elites can get away with anything. To me it just proves that both parties are a dog and pony show. Neither party is a friend of the people.
I remember otherwise sweet Megyn saying re Bunkerville “well, uh, I’m a lawyer and in my opinion as a lawyer Bundy broke the law and the law is not on his side”. Leis Wiehl say essentially the same thing and so on.
They all went on to opine day after day that “the law must be respected” and we have nothing but chaos if its not”.
Now comes Lois Lerner who is, and has, shooting the finger at the American People’s Representatives who in turn found her in contempt.
Absent consequences, what does holding someone in contempt mean?
Answer: Absolutely nothing!
So, now we know why millions of Americans are on Bundy’s side. To wit: Americans see time after time after time that, despite the Megyn’s and Leis Wiehls ignorant statements, the ruling class” has no respect for the law so why should we.
Aren’t we to the point, more or less demonstrated in Bunkerville, and as Mao himself famously said, “power comes out of the end of a gun barrel”.
Bingo.
What the hell is the point then? She has no incentive to tell the truth.
Did he pee in his pants before making this announcement?
I thought he had the slightest hint of having a pair, but after winning the primary on Tuesday he can put them back on the shelf to collect dustbfor the next two years.
...which she won’t pay.
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