WOW!!, looks like things are heating up!, but is Nunes really up to the Job??
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
“U.S. CODE
TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”
Simply look up Hinds Precedents, especially chapters 53 and 51, and Cannon’s Precedents, especially chapters 184-185. You’ll find numerous detailed cases of Congress asserting its power, arresting people, holding them until they agreed to answer questions, and then releasing them. Some of these people did not refuse to appear, but simply failed to satisfactorily answer questions. One has to wonder how a previous Congress might have responded to Alberto Gonzales’s endless recitations of “I do not recall.”
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/
In 1857, a New York Times reporter refused to say which members of Congress had asked him to get them bribes (protecting his “sources” just as various Judith Millers today protect the people who feed them proven lies that costs thousands of lives), so Congress locked him up until he answered and then banned him from Congress.
In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned.
It is all fine and dandy, yet Congress has an even greater power it has abdicated, just as sitting on its hands when investigating the executive branch amounts to a de facto abdication.
The greater power Congress has largely abdicated is that Constitutional it has the sole power of being the sole author of ALL federal legislation. It has abdicated the larger body of “federal law” to the regulatory state, and gives but a perfunctory rubber stamp - without a blink and a nod - to what the regulatory state adds to the “federal register.” The executive branch then becomes policeman, prosecutor and judge and the vast majority of what the regulatory state has added to the “law”.
Additionally, Congress has abdicated its law-making authority to the executive branch with a two-fer. It starts by writing laws that are not transparent, and sits on its hands as the DOJ and other agencies “interpret” the law and with those interpretations write additional law via “settlements” it has coerced companies and citizens into making, lest they be pursued by the DOJ all the rest of their days - no court, no judge, no transparent law, just an interpretation - de facto law - written by the executive branch while the legislature sits on its hands.
If we were to be true to the Constitutional intent, their would be no DOJ “settlements”. If the law was not clear and transparent such that “prosecution” was clear and needed no “interpretation”, then the DOJ should be required to turn to Congress for additional legislation clearly defining legislative intent. But if the law was transparent and prosecution was equally clear in the law, then the federal government should be required to bring its case to court and pay the losers costs if it loses the case. Their in court the defendant has all their rights and the federal executive cannot act alone as prosecutor and judge, even for a “settlement” which would in this case be a court required settlement not one merely imposed by the DOJ.
Great information, except for one thing...congress is full of democrats and liberals and open borders crowd.
Later
“U.S. CODE TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 6—CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS Sec. 193. Privilege of witnesses No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.”
“CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!”
And “Congress” = Paul Ryan. He’s leaving. I wonder what nefarious plans he has for the future. I wonder what organization he’s made arrangements to join the day after he leaves. He abhors Trump with a passion, so I figure he’ll be doing everything he can to take down PDJT.
What are the chances that Jim Jordan will be Speaker?