Oh NO’s! How will we keep up the frothing here? How can we possibly keep up with the Freepers?
Who are already implying that it’s Obama’s fault
Everyone stop being so reasonable! Otherwise, how can we possibly confirm the premise that we’re as Lefty-crazy as we’re being painted by certain posters?
It’s Clinton’s fault. Bill Clinton, that is.
This is dangerous. I’m no fan of Cheney or Gonzales, but we can’t allow any little piss ant county return an indictment against our leaders and expect them to respond.
What’s next? Bumfuck coal county, West Virginia, grand jury indicts Obama and Biden for treason against the state of West Virginia for race mongrelization? Then issues arrest warrants?
No, these things have to be stopped. A federal court needs to quash these indictments.
Well, the indictments have hit a bit of a snag.
I thought that when the president and vice-president assumed office that their assets were placed in a blind trust. If that were the case, then why would the vice-president have the motivation to do what this indictment accuses him of?
Another thought: Since Cheney is now under indictment for a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, he is ineligible to own firearms (at least while the indictment is pending)
So, by having his hunting rifles, he is REALLY committing a federal felony by being an ineligible person in possession of a firearm.
I agree to a large extent, but it occurs to me that there’s a larger problem here, which is that the entire grand jury system is open to abuse by rogue prosecutors, for example by Mike Nifong.
So in a way, I regret that Cheney will be able to use his power, position, and wealth to take care of this problem without any real hassle.
That’s not a correct statement of the law.
Maybe, but doubtful.
People under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year are ineligible to receive, transport, or ship in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition. 18 USC § 922(n). There’s no prohibition against either ownership or possession. He’s only committing a federal felony if he’s transporting his firearms across state lines.
Sheesh. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?!?
A principle that has always had limits. Depending on what you’re charged with, a judge can sometimes deny you bail and remand you to jail to await trial. If convicted, you get credit for time served. If acquitted, you get to go home.
Yeah! Our leaders are above the law!
Apart from the fact that miscegenation is not a crime, wouldn’t be treason even if it were a crime, and neither of them has committed it, sure.
Why?
Because, as a matter of law, the facts relied upon by the grand jury fail to establish probable cause.
At least as to the Cheney indictment.
Well, I was thinking more along the lines of “Aren’t there several links in a judicial chain between a state grand jury and a federal court?”, but thanks for your response.
Interesting that the DA should disappear shortly after indicting Cheney; I’d check the man-sized safe in Cheney’s office. 
Oops. Yes, my bad. Quite right to ask why a federal court should be involved at this stage.
I was thinking exactly the same thing – they got to him. 
No, it’s clearly Reagan’s fault.
Well, obviously now a federal court wouldn’t be involved. I was just saying that something needs to be done so that public officials don’t have to put up with silly actions by a rogue prosecutor.
And, yes, you are correct about the firearm thing for Cheney. Only if he was convicted would he be a prohibited person. However, if an FFL sold him a gun today, the FFL would be committing a federal felony.
I’m not saying that the county would win the case, but bringing the indictments would have the same effect as it does in this case. Obama and Biden would have to (at minimum) hire lawyers to represent them in court and find the first judge with enough sanity to throw out the indictment.
But what happens to the rogue D.A.? Does he get fined or go to jail for pulling these stunts? No. He could reindict Teddy Kennedy tomorrow for another made up thing.
Willacy County is indeed down in the lunatic fringe. It’s part of the area controlled by the remnants of the Democratic machine created by Archer Parr.
Look how far they had to reach to come up with the indictment. Cheney owns shares in a mutual fund. That fund owns shares in Vanguard. Therefore, Cheney owns Vanguard and is personally responsible for its actions. Lame.
From what little I’ve read, I’m inclined to agree with our conservative board brethern on this one. Cheney’s indictment seems tenuous at best, and Gonzales’ seems to be for official acts as U.S.A.G. that he’s probably immune from state prosecution on. Add to that the fact that this prosecutor will probably be out months before this ever comes to trial and the new one will probably quietly drop it, and it all looks suspiciously like grandstanding.
So the DA is just wasting taxpayer money to make a point: “Cheney and Gonzales are big, fat, weasely doodyheads?” We know that already.
And am I the only one getting confused by Judge Banales and Attorney Canales?