Posted on 05/10/2019 5:53:19 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Yes sir that is the million dollar question,
The crazy lady from Hawaii,
Schiff, waters etc.
What kind of stoopid votes for these folks who are so very pathetic?
WHY DON’T REPUBLICANS FIGHT THIS HARD???
(caps on for a reason)
Agreed! The louder they scream, the closer the end is coming and they ALL KNOW it! The people involved is doing HALL MARY PASSES!!!!
Why?
Simple....... they don’t need to
The democrats have no power to do any thing except pretend to be relevant
Revive Bill of Attainder!
“The downfall of the American Republic began when we abandoned the practice of Tar and Feathers.”
Actually, it began when we started to ignore the tenets in the bible.
Don’t forget your pom poms.
“Californians.”
Many of them several times.
Still more after they’re dead.
it accelerated when we lost our sense of humor ...
When the Democrats in Congress decide the best way to avoid being prosecuted for the crimes they are trying to cover up is to fine and imprison their political opponents, the Supreme Court is going to smack them down.
They do not have an arbitrary right to do this. It can only be done lawfully and Constitutionally. Otherwise, what would prevent them from jailing the president?
If they do this and the Supreme Court does not stop them, then it will finally fall to the People to do so, by force.
Congress’s inherent contempt power, explained
Congress technically has another option that gives it much more power to prosecute noncompliant individuals, called inherent contempt power. But the lawmakers probably won’t use it.
The contempt of Congress citation the House will vote on this week is very different from inherent contempt power: Congress’s ability to arrest or jail people who don’t comply with subpoena requests.
As Garvey explained in his summary, this is how Congress used to make sure people complied with its subpoena requests if they refused, beginning in the 1850s and ending in the 1930s. Congress can do this (the Supreme Court has upheld its ability to do so), but it hasn’t since the 1930s because, well, throwing people in jail is a bit harsh:
Upon adopting a House or Senate resolution authorizing the execution of an arrest warrant by that chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms, the individual alleged to have engaged in contemptuous conduct is taken into custody and brought before the House or Senate. A hearing or “trial” follows in which allegations are heard and defenses raised.
If judged guilty, the House or Senate may then direct that the witness be detained or imprisoned until the obstruction to the exercise of legislative power is removed.
As Garvey writes, Congress detaining these people isn’t meant to be a form of punishment so much as added incentive to produce the information more quickly.
Lately, some Democrats have been talking about it as a way to put some more teeth into their subpoena requests.
“We have the power to detain and incarcerate,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a member of the House Oversight Committee, recently told reporters. “We don’t use it. ... Doesn’t mean we can’t, and I’m all for reviving it.”
When asked where Congress would put members of the Trump administration, Connolly pointed to DC’s jail.
“We have, as you know, jurisdiction over the District of Columbia,” he said. “And they have a beautiful jail with plenty of room. So I think that would be just perfect for some of these people to contemplate their actions and judgment.”
To be clear, there’s no indication that Democrats are ready to revive their inherent contempt power for Barr. The attorney general is likely not headed to jail, especially if the department he oversees is in charge of deciding whether to prosecute him. What matters now is if Democrats decide to pursue a court case against the attorney general and if a judge holds him in contempt of court instead.
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/6/18531224/contempt-of-congress-ag-william-barr
Notice, this is something the “House” can do BY ITSELF. The Senate can as well, but it’s “OR” not “and”.
The House does not need the Senate to go along with this. They can do it themselves.
I can’t believe they are keeping up this facade. They have to be delusional. They know they’ve been caught but they can’t help themselves.
I wish I could post a picture of the look on his face, as well as Comey, Nadler, Pelosi.....the day they realize everyone knows the truth—-they’ve been lying.
Not arguing Congress’ inherent contempt power.
I’m just saying current Congress littered with the likes of AOC, Ilhan Omar, and others (I forgot her name from Michigan), and with Schiff and Nadler as ‘leaders’.
That is and should not be a step lightly treaded.
Impeachment excepted, where in the Constitution does it say Congress can act as both a judiciary and a law enforcement agency? Simply because it was done in the past does not mean it is Constitutional and right.
Somehow, I find the concept of Trump dueling Schiff to be highly entertaining!!!!!
Pay per view!
Blumenthal: Did anyone, you or anyone on your staff, memorialize your conversation with Robert Mueller?
Barr: Yes.
Blumenthal: Who did that?
Barr: There were notes taken of the call.
Blumenthal: May we have those notes?
Barr: No.
Blumenthal: Why not?
Barr: Why should you have them?
The blatant and open hypocrisy of one hand screaming obstruction and on the other discussing jailing the attorney general who may be investigating them. How can they be any more disgusting!
A kangaroo court, what could go wrong
Sounds unconstitutional. Congress is not a court.
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