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- michaelhood, on 01/28/2009, -8/+296I hope Obama doesn't disappoint us on this.
- cpw2n5, on 01/28/2009, -10/+268No those privileges do not currently exist, because THEY NEVER EXISTED. When you are subpoenaed you testify. End of story.
- cslawren, on 01/28/2009, -9/+235My guess is he'll say no, and he should say no. Let him rot in hell for the crimes he has committed against the American people.
- rypic7, on 01/28/2009, -5/+138What a snake this guy is. Obama better return a firm "***** no" or I'll be pissed.
- zyklon, on 01/28/2009, -2/+94If I get a subpoena, I have to go to court. If I fail to show, I get arrested. Why the ***** are these guys special? Oh yeah. Because they have money and power and backing by other very powerful people.
- blakbot, on 01/28/2009, -8/+75This ***** needs to be nailed for the ***** he's done......Lock his Executive ass down.
- Robjayne, on 01/28/2009, -7/+64Smart move, we'll see how the question is answered and know if obama is for sunlight or not. He would never be able to claim executive privelage if the answer is no.
- Hearron, on 01/28/2009, -6/+55I have an executive privilege, Bend over fatty
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -2/+49And against the rest of the world.
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -8/+49Karl Rove should be hanged.
- algaeturd, on 01/28/2009, -3/+43***** this man. Just his smugness alone makes me ill. The fact that he's got some responsibility for some of the harshest crimes this county has ever seen an executive administration commit make me even more ill.
He thinks he's above the law because the pussies in this country have never made him face a warrant. He's laughed in the face of justice in this country and he and his actions have left 2 black eyes on the United States that we'll have to carry around for a long time until he and the Bush Administration are brought to justice for their treasonous crimes.
***** turdblossom. He is a true embarrassment to this nation. - Cerialthriller, on 01/28/2009, -2/+40If Obama doesn't say no I wont trust another thing he says
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -2/+39The answer is... NO!!!!!!
It doesn't exist. No more executive privilege... Who the hell are you, the president??
Get your ass to congress and testify! - analogkid01, on 01/28/2009, -3/+36Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. - seltaeb4, on 01/28/2009, -3/+34You know who can make no claims of Executive Privilege?
Jeff Gannon. - portnoy, on 01/28/2009, -5/+33My guess is that the conservatives will try to spin this as Obama putting the country at risk for petty political purposes. I can't see any way that Rove could think that executive privilege could ever had applied to his dealings with the president. This is nothing but using what is an uncomfortable situation for whatever political gain they can get from it. I can hardly wait to hear how that sack of sewage that calls itself Rush Limbaugh colors this issue.
- rynsa, on 01/28/2009, -3/+30I'd love to see Rove suffer a tragic end. But I won't be surprised if Obama throws the little prick a lifeline. The Democrats have a long history of taking the high road on such matters, a fact I find utterly naive in modern American politics.
Who knows?! Maybe Rahm Emanuel can live up to his reputation and push for a proper skewering. We in the peanut gallery are hungry for blood. - LouiseCalabro, on 01/28/2009, -6/+31Executive privilege is a non-issue here... send'im to jail!
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -3/+26This will be interesting. Executive privilege doesn't extend to the buddy of the executive. I bet he'll find a way out of it.
- theaceoffire, on 01/28/2009, -2/+24*My* guess is that if Obama gives Executive Privilege, they will claim that he must be involved with Karl Rove, or that he is abusing his power.
And if he *doesn't*, then he is attempting to sell out an innocent republican for politcal power.
And if he waits, then he is being soft on crime, and if he does it quickly then he is reckless.
Don't worry, Fox has negative spin for every occasion. - topherker, on 01/28/2009, -1/+22The guy deserves as much executive priviledge as OJ Simpson.
- cslawren, on 01/28/2009, -2/+23Actually executive privelege does exist, just not in the way Bush used it. Executive privelege goes all the way back to George Washington, and just as it is today, it was very controversial then. I don't think Rove has the ability to claim it though. Firstly, he isn't the executive, so how can he claim a privelege he doesn't have. Second, his executive isn't in power anymore, so how can he claim it?
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+19Yes I realize executive privilege exists... but not for an *adviser*...
Karl Rove is not the President of the United States, he has no special rights afforded to him, nor did he ever. - flammablewater, on 01/28/2009, -0/+17a resounding "aw hell naw" would also suffice
- zyklon, on 01/28/2009, -1/+18I firmly believe Rove and all the others will get away. They've been slippery this far, who's to say they wont continue to be slippery?
- absurdist, on 01/28/2009, -5/+21@texpundit:
Of course. That's why when the NEOconservatives were gutting this country financially and wiping their ass with the Constitution, all you principled, decent REAL conservatives were screaming in outrage and voting with the Democrats against them.
Oh, wait. You weren't. You were all marching in lockstep and are equally complicit. Your silence then is matched only by your hypocrisy now. - cquinnd, on 01/28/2009, -0/+15You can alway refuse to answer questions based on national security interests. You then have to prove in some way that the information you were asked about is subject to classification.
You do not have the right to refuse to show up at all, unless you can prove that the subpoena itself was invalid. - ren1999, on 01/28/2009, -3/+18Tell Karl Rove "No!" And while your at it, launch an investigation about the mysterious death of Karl's IT guy Mike Connell. Furthermore, ask why Karl lied about being Norwegian when he holds duel citizenship with The U.S. and Germany. Karl should not have had a security clearance. There is a serious breach of security here.
- wolfing, on 01/28/2009, -0/+14I know, that's one thing I don't like about the Democratic party. They tend to say "let's forget it and move on" with important problems, while Republicans are willing to send the country to hell because the President is in bed with another woman.
- mikelieman, on 01/28/2009, -0/+14"Don't Prosecute Me, Bro!"
- dienaked, on 01/28/2009, -1/+14Here comes a real test of 'change'.
- breadfred, on 01/28/2009, -1/+14Yuk.
- orangetiki, on 01/28/2009, -2/+15Karl Rove = Douche
- ClosedCaption, on 01/28/2009, -1/+13Remember Jeff Gannon everyone. Not only was he placed in the white house press room JUST to skew the news and throw softballs. But he was also a male prostitute who stayed there late nights. I'm sure my moral republican buddies dont approve of propaganda and gay prostitution activities,right?
- azhura, on 01/28/2009, -1/+12I hope that Obama gives Rove the big middle finger. I'd seriously pay to see that.
- RealmDown, on 01/28/2009, -2/+13Content aside though, which question ? The one in the headline or the one in the summary ?
"Karl Rove Asks Obama Lawyers for Executive Privilege"
"Rove instructed his lawyer to ask the Obama White House whether the same privileges currently exist."
These are not the same. One asks for the privilege, the other is asking if it still exists. - cquinnd, on 01/28/2009, -1/+12http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=executive ...
Maybe you should review the definition and history of the practice yourself. Particulary the cases where the President did have to divulge information on private consultations where that information was part of a larger investigation. - Fr33th0t, on 01/28/2009, -2/+12"He would never be able to claim executive privelage if the answer is no."
Hold on there sparky, your logic bulb has burned out.
The sufficiency of any executive privilege claim here is questionable and disallowing it does not limit the future exercise by those who could otherwise sufficiently make the claim.
Personally I hope Obama disallows the claim and that it then gets tested in court. - ApokalypseNow, on 01/28/2009, -1/+11Ah, "executive privilege", the "I can get away with anything" license of the Bush administration. If I never hear that phrase again, it will be too soon.
While I'm pretty certain that President Obama will tell him "No, GTFO", we really don't have any guarantee that he'll tell the truth when he testifies. I have this bad feeling that President Obama and his staff are going to be dealing with Rove and the other fallout from the Bush administration a lot in the coming years. - kelpee, on 01/28/2009, -2/+11LOL dug for "cracker please!"
That made my day! Thank you. - 2012, on 01/28/2009, -0/+9This is a continuation of a battle of wills. In August 2007, Bush invoked "Executive Privilege" for Karl Rove rejecting a subpoena to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a probe over fired federal prosecutors. White House Counsel Fred F. Fielding, claimed that "Mr. Rove, as an immediate presidential adviser, is immune from compelled congressional testimony about matters that arose during his tenure and that relate to his official duties in that capacity. Rove is still claiming executive privilege to avoid a congressional subpoena. Rove's lawyer writes that his client is "constitutionally immune from compelled congressional testimony."
It gets on shaky ground to claim "constitutionally immune" because the concept of executive privilege is not mentioned explicitly in the United States Constitution, but the Supreme Court of the United States ruled it to be an element of the separation of powers doctrine, and/or derived from the supremacy of executive branch in its own area of Constitutional activity.
Once invoked, a presumption of privilege is established, requiring the Prosecutor to make a "sufficient showing" that the "Presidential material" is "essential to the justice of the case" and would most effectively apply when the oversight of the executive would impair that branch's national security concerns.
This essentially puts the Executive Branch in direct confrontation with the Judicial Branch. The Judicial Branch was certainly "watered" down after former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finished with it.
Wow. They came so very close to dismantling everything that the founding fathers built. I guess the key word here is --- Privilege. Privilege is not a Right.
I hope that Obama says "No" to this "Privilege". - Bdog2g2, on 01/28/2009, -1/+10Spam? Oh I know you were looking for this
http://www.foxnoise.com or is it
http://www.fauxnews.com or how about
http://www.fauxnoise.com damnit, I just can't...oh wait
http://www.foxnews.com that's it.
You wanted that news entertainment site right? - Kitakaze, on 01/28/2009, -4/+13I'd worship Obama if he actually said, "***** no," "get the hell outta here" or "cracker, please!" Well, I'd worship him if he'd actually throw that so-called "administration" in jail where they belong.
When Ford pardoned Nixon, he claimed that our national nightmare was over. This made him a far worse crook, and hypocrite than Nixon. Obama's situation is different, since he's from an opposing party, so I have no illusions about this being done fairly and honestly (ie., criminal charges being brought against the crooks). - TheEngineer2008, on 01/28/2009, -0/+9That would be true if Obama had grated him executive privilege before. However, as Obama has never acknowledged that this claim of executive privilege "still exists" (in fact, he's spoken against it, and a judge ruled that Rove never had executive privilege in the first place), Rove is, in fact, asking Obama to give him executive privilege.
- JedicodeWarrior, on 01/28/2009, -0/+8... twice
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 01/28/2009, -2/+10***** that Rove is, I guarantee there is some veiled threat against Obama included here.
- flammablewater, on 01/28/2009, -3/+11i hope the response is delivered by laughing in Rove's face, followed by him being escorted out of the building by secret service.
- defektiv, on 01/28/2009, -2/+10Burn *****, burn.
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -1/+9Ummm, so only govt officials get subpoenas? Not following you.
- delrin500, on 01/28/2009, -2/+9Am I the only person who laughed out loud when they read this headline???
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