ATTY GEN'L REFUSES TO ENFORCE CONGRESS' COMTEMPT CITATION!

ITS EVERYONE'S DUTY TO SEE LOOSE CHANGE
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/loose-change2_part1.htm


WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN TODAY!!
BUSH HAS EVEN GOT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN HIS POCKET!!!
HERE'S A LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER ASKING FOR OUR HELP

Our Constitution is under threat and the most basic principle of checks and balances is being undermined. Not since Watergate has a president so openly disregarded the will of Congress.
During hearings in the Judiciary Committee yesterday, I told Attorney General Michael Mukasey that I called for impeachment hearings because of the stonewalling and blatant abuses of the Bush Administration. He responded by stating that he will NOT enforce a contempt of Congress citation against Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten for refusing to testify before Congress. The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7M9sjRLCtQ
Alberto Gonzales may be long gone, but the Bush Administration continues its executive overreach with the new Attorney General.
We can debate the need for Impeachment hearings. We can argue its effects on the election or our agenda. But one thing is abundantly clear:If Congress' right to require testimony is undermined, then our country's leaders - Democrat, Republican, or Independent - will be immune from accountability.
The power of the subpoena - to call officials before us - is one of the most fundamental safeguards in our system of government. To have it effectively discarded - by virtue of the President instructing Administration officials to ignore a congressional subpoenas and not even appear before Congress - is unprecedented. The idea that the Attorney General would willingly defend this position - despite Congress' constitutional right to call such witnesses, is outrageous.
Impeachment hearings could render this moot: The President, Vice President, and all officials under them would no longer invoke executive privilege. There would be no more smokescreens.
In one week, I will be delivering my letter calling for impeachment hearings to Chairman John Conyers. Already, 16 Members of Congress have joined my call, including 3 Judiciary Committee members. I am hopeful for more in the coming days, but it is important for you to reach out to your representative in Congress to express how you feel. You can view the current list of signers, here: http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp?ItemID=230
I do not know how Congress will react, but I do know this: I will pursue this course aggressively. I will not compromise away the constitutional role of Congress. Your support is invaluable. Please know that I am working everyday to ensure that the Bush Administration is held accountable.
Please continue to support this movement at www.wexlerwantshearings.com
Yours truly,
Congressman Robert Wexler

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[oz22verizon]

everybody's been paid off, they're doing the same thing in england, its a take over of the people in both countries, we're being taken over by criminals

[jclayton59466]

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

-John F. Kennedy

[johndownunder]

Impeach them now their actions are a disgrace and a betrayal of the constitution.

[mit26chell]

Send that little motha fuckin munchkin bitch back to Israel where he came from.

[marcostar57]

Wexler's last question was key -- Mukassey's a bastard -- and like all Bush appointees he didn't give a damn about the law or the Constitution but only his allegiance to his g-damn Fuhrer.

[wanghobb]

Oh god! Gonzales and now this asshole? This is the Twilight Zone

[z8it]

What possible hope does this once great Republic have ?When the Attorney General; the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the Country condones TORTURE and says,

"It's not always a crime when someone breaks the law"

It's over! The U.S. CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN DESTROYED by the very people sworn to protect and defend it.

Bin Laden didn't do that! ... this Administration DID!

WE'RE TOAST!

9/11 WAS an inside job!

And now they are coming after YOU!

[djpoppyt]

We need to drop all these courtesies and secure our constitutional rights and our future. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.  -Patrick Henry-

If justice fails i will lose all faith in man-kind's morality. I smell revolution, how about you?

[karrachea]

You, pholly62, are RIGHT ON!! We are in very deep SH_ _ !! The country is watching freakin reality tv, while the actual reality show is about to snuff out our freedoms! Most Americans are completely oblivious! "G-d Bless America" needs to be changed to "G-d Help America!"

[bitherwack]

Too too true!

He is so slippery, they should change his name from Mukasey to Mucous-y

All legally binding laws override any precedent. (And any president, for that matter!)

[XXTheRealMcCoyXX]

so what exactly happened there? sounds like a lot of red tape = S

[bitherwack]

Good going Rep Wexler!

Not enforce contempt citation??? Whats with him???

Bruce Fein said the president sees "Any limitation on his power as unconstitutional"

The Constitution inherently delimits the power of all branches to ensure checks, balance, and oversight. The executive must accept limitations, or suffer the consequenses.

Demand accountability of the administration.

Impeachment is the Constitutionally mandated check on Executive power grabs.

Congress must now take the reigns.

[vuducile]

Impeach THIS asshole.