By- Suzie-Q @ 4:45 PM MST
Two weeks ago, the House took a bold step demanding accountability for the Bush/Cheney Administration by holding former White House Council Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten in Contempt of Congress for blatantly ignoring congressional subpoenas for over 8 months.
Though it was not a surprise, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, wrote a letter to the House of Representatives stating that he refuses to call a Grand Jury to enforce those contempt citations.
The Attorney General’s letter, effectively claiming that members of the executive branch are immune from congressional subpoenas, calls for quick action. [..]
The House of Representatives must re-establish its legitimate rights as a co-equal branch of government. Congress cannot allow its power to be summarily ignored and justice delayed.[..]
This is not an issue between Democrats and Republicans. As members of Congress, we have an absolute duty to enforce the checks and balances prescribed by our Constitution.
We have ceded too much for too long, enabling George W. Bush to assume a unitary imperial Presidency. It is long past time to secure accountability for those who have, by all appearances, committed significant breaches of our laws and trust.
Mukasey’s claims are simply the latest in a long line of outlandish legal arguments ranging from the idea that we can selectively cherry-pick from torture laws to the concept that the Vice President is no longer part of the Executive Branch (except, of course, when he needs to claim Executive Privilege).
You can support Robert Wexler by signing up at WexlerWantsHearings.com. You can donate to his efforts too…remember, in Washington, your dollars means endorsement.
Please support Congressman Wexler’s call for Cheney’s Impeachment Hearings and sign the petition!
We have the voice and power to Impeach!
S-Q,
Mass TV Media is pure crap and that’s why I and many of my fellow Americans have tuned out…
This statement by Rep Wexler should be on every channel and get maximum play so that the American people can see the truth about this totally insane Bush/Cheney administration…
But I suppose the American people think it’s all a conspiracy theory by the Democrats and so they won’t lift a finger until millions of the formally well to do middle class find themselves homeless and helpless..
So be it, until that day comes and believe me it’s coming soon enough..
I’m patient!
GEF:
Everything is a conspiracy if it means questioning anything the Bush Administration has done..
Mukasey is another Kool-Aid drinker on the Bush/Cheney team.. we should have known he wouldn’t uphold the law!
No S-Q,
Kool-Aid ran out a long time ago for the GOP…
They now drink a substitute drink called: Fool-Aid!
But things are going to seriously backfire on the DEMos if they refuse to Impeach..
The Progressives and Independents are already putting on their war paint and we’re serious..
More soon..
The network media should be ashamed of themselves for they are helping drive this country further into the ground. Personally, I don’t see how they can look their children in the eyes. It is all about the ratings and manipulating people to who they want in office. Blackmail and bugging seems to be their favorite method.
Americans need to wake up to what the MSM really is….the people/machine that is enslaving them and ruining our democracy.
Well said Teak..