Cafferty File: Bush Officials Can Be Subpoenaed

From the Cafferty File:

There's a long history of the Bush administration simply ignoring subpoenas from Congress. Not that Congress has gone out of its way to exercise oversight of the executive branch. But when it does, President Bush just laughs out loud and ignores them, like unruly children who are acting up to get attention.

Well they got the attention of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge John Bates says the president's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas. Bates says there's no legal basis for the administration's argument and that former legal counsel Harriet Miers must testify before Congress. However, Bates says Miers and others can assert executive privilege during their testimony.

Democrats call the ruling "very good news" and say that Miers, White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and Karl Rove must testify before Congress. Of course, the White House says it disagrees with the judge's ruling and will decide in the next day or two if it will appeal.

Karl Rove became the latest to raise his middle finger to the legislative arm of our government, when he defied a subpoena to testify earlier this month. The House Judiciary Committee voted yesterday to cite Rove for contempt of Congress. But this is only a recommendation; Nancy Pelosi will have to decide whether to bring it to a vote by the full House. And we all know how aggressive Pelosi has been when it comes to oversight of the Bush White House. With Madame Speaker, it's all about politics.

Here's my question to you: What does it mean for President Bush when a federal judge rules his people are not immune from congressional subpoenas?

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[Yourdeadmeat69]

No one's above the law. Congress: call out the DC goon squad. Drag these crooks before it, fine/imprison them for contempt of Congress, impeach Bush, if they don't show.

Claiming exec privlege and being held accountable transcends party politics. It's ACCOUNTABILITY. Party that plays dictator will NEVER regain the White House in my lifetime.

Under Obama, if Dems don't straighten up, they go in the toilet too.

Vacation my ass, I took my last one 1982.

[gallomex13]

Where do I go to try and get all my tax money back???

a refund from all this bad service by the US goverment that is showing us that they are no different than any 3rd world country goverment a pack of corrupt bullshitters.

[solidysnake1]

vacation for five weeks? fuck serously? poor americans dont get any, and middle class if they're lucky get like a week.

[kain1384]

Cafferty's the man.

[xxashyy]

LOL I like when Cafferty starts out by saying "What does it mean?"

[sharshur]

Maybe impeachment is off the table because top officials discussing how to provoke a full scale war dishonestly is, after all, not THAT serious. Is it?

[Nutrino2179]

A mistake made because of a failure to notice something.

[SpanerMagnet]

keep voting to restore a responsible government, if that doesn't work, move to canada :)

[DABIGRAGU1]

Blitzer should go too.

Good video post 5*

[Zeldovich]

Bush should've been impeached years ago. All of the administration and congressional leadership should go. They are criminals.

[infernosilver]

"oversight"? what's that, like a periscope or something?

[warrencray]

it means bush is in trouble...