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[quote] Justice Department Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena

(Washington, DC)- Today, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Justice Department’s failure to comply with the Committee’s subpoena response deadline of 2 p.m. today. The subpoena seeks information the Department has continued to refuse to provide or has provided only in redacted form.

“We are disappointed that the Justice Department failed to produce the documents and other materials for which we issued a subpoena last week. While we understand that the Department considers this effort a priority and we plan to continue working with them, we will review all available legal options to secure compliance with the subpoena.â€

Take him to the bloody wall then.

Oh dig on, Albert, dig on. This is only going to get better.

Can't you start arresting people at this point?

Yes. The only problem is there's only one Sergeant At Arms.

Forgive my ignorance - why is the fact that there's only one Sgt.-at-Arms an issue?

Lord Iames Osari wrote:Forgive my ignorance - why is the fact that there's only one Sgt.-at-Arms an issue?

Because Contempt Of Congress has two ways of being prosecuted. The one rarely, rarely used is the Sgt.AtArms arrests you and you're tried by the Congress, a la Impeachment. The other is that..

The DoJ is responsible.

Guess why I don't think that's happening.

I'm telling you it's time to start passing annoying laws until the DoJ submits. Cut off their electirity! Their Water! Refuse to pay Gonzales! Make it illegal for him to be in Washington D.C!

"We have submitted a bill outlawing Alberto Gonzalez forever. The bombers lift off in five minutes."

I am going to laugh and laugh if they start using the Sgt.AtArms to arrest the entire upper echelons of the DoJ.

Seriously, it would be hilarious.

Current roll-call of Republicans calling for Gonzales' resignation.

The Senate

Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)- "The president should fire the attorney general and replace him as soon as possible with someone who can provide strong, aggressive leadership."

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)- "For the Justice Department to be effective before the U.S. Senate, it would be helpful."

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK): "I believe you ought to suffer the consequences that these others have suffered. I believe the best way for us to put this behind us is your resignation."

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)- "There are some problems that he just hasn't handled well, and it might just be best if he came to a conclusion that the department is better served if he's not there.'"

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)- "Sometimes, it just came down to these were not the right people at the right time. If I applied that standard to you, what would you say?"

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)- "For you to have said this was an ‘overblown personnel matter,’ I think that can't be erased. And the clouds over a lot of the professionals can't be erased and the worry by those who haven’t been subjected to those clouds can't be erased. Now, I’m not going call for you resignation; I'm not going to make a recommendation on that. I think there are two people that have to decide that question. You have to decide it in the first instance. If you decide to stay on, it’s up to the President to decide."

The House

Rep. Vern Elhers (R-MI)- "Since he's such a close, personal friend, he's hurt the President by what he's doing, he should have the politeness to offer his resignation."

Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)- 'Given the totality of the circumstances, I think it would be better for the President and the Department if the Attorney General were to step down."

Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA)- "Even for Republicans this is a warning sign … saying there needs to be a change."

Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)- "Frankly, until these statements came out that contradicted his first statement, I was backing him, saying that he shouldn't resign. Now I think that he should."

Prominent Conservatives

The National Review Editorial Board- "Alberto Gonzales should resign. The Justice Department needs a fresh start."

Mark Corallo, Justice Department spokesman (2002-2005)- "Alberto Gonzales' loyalty to George Bush has got to trump George Bush's loyalty to Alberto Gonzales."

Additionally, prior to Gonzales’ testimony, a group of conservatives with ties to the White House wrote President Bush to express their displeasure with the Attorney General. They finished the letter saying:

"Attorney General Gonzales has proven an unsuitable steward of the law and should resign for the good of the country... The President should accept the resignation."

Included as signatories were: Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Reagan Justice Department, David Keene, Chariman of the American Conservative Union, John Whitehead, head of the Rutherford Institute, Bob Barr, former Georgia Congressman, and Richard Viguerie, a well-known GOP fundraiser.

Not surprising, I doubt Regan would like the current presidentcy that much.

frigidmagi wrote:Not surprising, I doubt Regan would like the current presidentcy that much.

I'll put it like this: Nixon's cronies have been speaking out against this Presidency.

So explain to a Canadian what the difference between Congress and the Senate is. Because they both seem to be groups of overpaid, incompetant assholes. Rather like our House of Commons and to a lesser extent our Senate.

Cpl Kendall wrote:So explain to a Canadian what the difference between Congress and the Senate is. Because they both seem to be groups of overpaid, incompetant assholes. Rather like our House of Commons and to a lesser extent our Senate.

Congress is the whole thing. Congress can also mean the House Of Representeatives, which has representatives determined by population of the state in question. The Senate has 2 per state. The Senate is generally the less asinine of the two houses. The House, on the other hand, regularly has bills proposing complete bans of all firearms, reinstating the Draft, complete removal of medicare, and so forth, because 400 retards in one room have to do something. The most recent idiot bills were mostly from the Democrats, because it seems the Republicans of the House were all enjoying hookers and blow at the Watergate Hotel.

Now to be fair one of the reasons most of the bills are from Democrats are because the Democrats are the vast majority and the vast majority of Democrats are new. You know how it is when you got new toys, you just got to use them.

frigidmagi wrote:Now to be fair one of the reasons most of the bills are from Democrats are because the Democrats are the vast majority and the vast majority of Democrats are new. You know how it is when you got new toys, you just got to use them.

The ones I just mentioned were all from the 109th. I've yet to get a good compilation of ridiculous bills from 110th, with the exception of one thrown out within hours of V-Tech to outlaw expanded clips, like those used in the shooting.

Why's it ridiculous?

I beleive it was referring to rifle clips.