How Senator Rockefeller Can be Held Responsible for His Role in “MemoGate”

11-28-03

[international american]

We need to keep pounding on this Rockadude until he cracks!!

[jmstein7]

Yup. We need some BARRED legal eagles to get creative and think outside the box.

Most plain vanilla lawyers will complain that it is difficult to find standing and justiciability here. First, plaintiff class is, obviously, HUGE. However, I'd point out that there is no encroachment amongst the political branches here; an ordinary citizen cannot be left powerless, without remedy, when a public official endangers the public safety and welfare and his peers in the legislative branch will not hold him accountable.

In Baker v. Carr, the rights at stake were important to give rise to a cause of action for any constitutent who thought his vote was being diluted. Here, the danger (imminent harm) is far greater than "vote dilution", and the remedy, if granted, will certainly resolve the problem. Further, the problem cannot be solved through lobbying and legislation because the issue is not a legislative issue -- it is an issue of "abuse of public office".

[Xthe17th]

Bookmarking WV BUMPS!! Excellent Work.

[cars for sale]

email em Jim ,Lindsey is open to unsights

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bttt!

[jmstein7]

Told you I'd be workin' on it :)

[ODDITHER]

My only question on all of this is -

If you get Jay Rockafeller kicked off, you know darn well he would be replaced by Hilary Clinton. Who would you rather have? A wounded head hung Rockafeller or the hildebeast?

[Chad Fairbanks]

There's no way - she doesn't come close to having the seniority to be on that committee. I can't see that happening...

[jmstein7]

I don't think she could be. The rules of that committee's membersip are strict:

Sec. 2. (a)(1) There is hereby established a select
committee to be known as the Select Committee on Intelligence
(hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the ``select
committee''). The select committee shall be composed of
fifteen members appointed as follows:
(A) two members from the Committee on Appropriations;
(B) two members from the Committee on Armed Services;
(C) two members from the Committee on Foreign Relations;
(D) two members from the Committee on the Judiciary; and
(E) seven members to be appointed from the Senate at large.

I'm not sure she could be ON the committee, let alone ranking Dem.

More:

Sec. 2(a)(2)
Members appointed from each committee named in clauses
(A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall be evenly divided
between the two major political parties and shall be
appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the
recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the
Senate. Four of the members appointed under clause (E) of
paragraph (1) shall be appointed by the President pro tempore
of the Senate upon the recommendation of the majority leader
of the Senate and three shall be appointed by the President
pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the
minority leader of the Senate.

[Don Corleone]

Rockefeller is anti-American, and is working actively for some other entity, IMHO.

Do the names CFR, Tri-Lateral Commission and Bilderbergers ring a bell?

[MeekOneGOP]

I wish I were, but I'm only more like a Bloodhound. Need some sleuthing done?

Well, maybe. I don't know.

jmstein7 ?? ..

[MeekOneGOP]

thesummerwind
Since Nov 27, 2003

Welcome to FreeRepublic.com, btw !! ...

[floriduh voter]

I haven't gone into this thread yet, just checking my pings. Just in case, the FR Network started the intelmemo.com or something like that. Everyone who has a web site or a blog should PUT THE FR NETWORK URL on their web site.

As soon as I get my new p.c., I'll do the same. I'm getting rid of this old dinosaur very soon... Waiting on a raincheck at the moment.

Further, there's another forum where freepers can "make hay". Visit republicanland.com. There are some eager opponents over there. Have fun. FV

[hoosiermama]

bump later

[countrydummy]

'pod, can you send this on to your dc chapter list?

[jmstein7]

PING! :)

[cake_crumb]

Might I add that memogate makes the veracity any future findings and actions of the Intelligence Committee suspect. The first action against Rockefeller is to get him off of that committee and run a full investigation. Not of the leaker, but of the treasonous witch hunt outlined in the memo.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I see you're keeping the faith on this!

My hat's off to you.

Bump.

(Only wish I were a lawyer.)

[Lauren BaRecall]

By the way, how did you make out with the petition?