....I do believe I can fool everyone most of the time!....
Because that’s the only way he can get her to testify.
WRONGO, He can FORCE her to testify and if she refuses he can IMPRISON HER!!
Appearing before CONGRESS you have NO RIGHTS, You have the right to answer truthfully, that is all, you HAVE NO RIGHT against Self Incrimination, You Have NO RIGHT to say no, YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS AT ALL BEFORE CONGRESS, those are for the Judicial Branch of Government.
They dont have to, CONGRESS can do it on their Own!!
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency
Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
Some references
[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html
[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.”
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html
[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html
73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934)
https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit
[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear.
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html
[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf
[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement
http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/
Congress has ALL the power in Washington
But if they choose to never use it, it is worthless.
Inherent Contempt
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
This was my question last week when the DOJ announced that they would not be pursuing a Contempt of Congress filing against Lois Lerner. There was nary a peep about using an Inherent Contempt filing as a viable alternative from Boehner et al. Matter of fact, the silence was deafening!
This was a perfect demonstration of the complicity of Congress in the ongoing corruptness in DC.
The Kabuki theater continues.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you. I’m just wondering, how he would go about imprisoning her? He has no law-enforcement agency working for him.
[ Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency
Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!! ]
WRONG WRONG WRONG
The Executive Branch controls / influences a great many of the Beer-o-craptic organisations in DC.
The Executive Branch controls / influences the NSA, which gathers intel on congress critters.
The Executive Branch controls / influences the Dept of Justice which can hold the thigs the NSA gathers on congress critters over their heads.
The Executive Branch controls / influences many other organisations like the IRS, the EPA, the FBI, etc that can all be used to put pressure on elected officials.
The fact that they can’t Shut UP Ted Cruz and Mike Lee tells a whole LOT about how the rest of the congress critters have been compromised.
Darn good post and links eye.
....I do believe I can fool everyone most of the time!....