tpmmuckraker.com — The Justice Department sent a letter yesterday to the House Judiciary Committee that made the administration's position official: a U.S. attorney will not enforce a citation of contempt, should it pass the House.
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monkeyvoodooJul 26, 2007
So long as you keep Johnny Military away from his family when he's enforcing martial law, I just don't see him simply throwing up his arms and disobeying an order from their superiors. You get an order, you follow through - and don't forget these people have it burned into their brain during training that following the orders of their superiors is more important than their own life.
whiledoJul 26, 2007
Do you actually believe this? An elected official's "office" is not physical location. It is a post. If, following the constitutional procedures, a President is removed from office, he no longer holds the office of the President. That doesn't mean he can't attempt a coupe and assert that he is still president. But I have little belief that if the Congress did follow the constitutional procedures of impeachment and then a positive vote for removal by the Senate, the military and the executive branch would follow their duty to uphold that perfectly valid and unquestionably laid out duty in the Constitution.
rsardiniaJul 26, 2007
Or as ammunition for Ron Paul to be elected. He's the only one of both parties (except for Gravel) who is worried and pushing to reinstate constitutional law as it was once known, instead of this crap we are in now.
zolaarJul 26, 2007
Definitely - if there's one thing that I know it's that people will gladly do a job for free.
whiledoJul 26, 2007
Actually, if you're only 40% sure you would convict a murderer, YES, you let them go free. Putting aside the simple reason that maybe he's not really a murderer and you're wrong, there is the simple fact that bringing a weak trial and having him cleared of charges will prevent you from trying him again for the same murder. It would be better to wait until you think you have a chance of convicting. This is what prosecutor's do every day.Now, while double jeopardy doesn't apply to impeachment, it would cause those doing the impeaching to lose support if they tried the president on the same charges multiple times.
rabiddachshundJul 26, 2007
Clinton's lies never killed anyone.
thefaithfulJul 27, 2007
Sure, they can't enforce the law against themselves right?So who can?