Just like any other criminal his lawyer says he ain’t guilty and, even better,Rove isn’t accountable.
Our justice system is a big joke to this administration. A joke to be manipulated or ignored as they see fit. And Congress? They’re approval rating is at 9% because they are a bunch of pussy babies ineffectually stamping their feet.
Send the police to FOX or McCain’s campaign headquarters or whereever that shitheel is not hiding out at and put his ugly, fat ass in jail.
Why aren’t they frogmarching him? That’s what I don’t get! Throw his ass in jail if he refuses to testify. He holds no current position in government. And he was a political advisor, fercrissakes. Why should he have been in on state secrets? (of course he was - nothing that happened in the White House didn’t go through Cheney and Rove, but I’d like them to admit it.)
The treehugger* branch of the Dems is too dominant.
*Not that there’s anything wrong with hugging trees.
I’ve hugged trees, but for the love of peaches, there comes a time when you have to do something besides hug trees.
I’m afraid that I agree with you. The Congress is showing itself to be all blather and no action, letting the Imperial Presidency do as it will. At this point, if Bush declared himself President-for-Life, I’d imagine they’d shine his throne for him.
Unfortunately, someone forgot to give the Democrats a private army and police force. Until that gets rectified, they have to depend on the Justice Department to enforce any violations.
Hey, I’m 5’4". Give me a gun and I’ll do it! Take him right down to the local jail, show them a writ from Congress, and tell them to hold him until he agrees to testify or Congress releases him.
They’re actually arguing that a former Deputy Chief of Staff, now a private citizen, has executive privilege to ignore Congressional subpoenas? I’m not a lawyer, but that sounds ridiculous on the face of it.
The privilege belongs to the President. If the President calls you up, and wishes you to assist him in decision-making by discussing a private matter with you, wanting your candid, objective, and even blunt or harsh opinions, then your discussion with him is protected by privilege and you may refuse to testify about it if he wishes.
This is not an absolute privilege, but it exists and it’s legal. See U.S. v. Nixon.
Not one person in this thread who is frothing with indignation over Rove’s claims has explained why he or she believes them to be not legally valid. There’s nothing about being a private citizen that makes executive privilege inapplicable. The privilege exists because a President and those who assist him must be free to explore alternatives in the process of shaping policies and making decisions and to do so in a way many advisers, public or private, would be unwilling to express except privately.
I believe that Congress does actually have some odd police powers, and does have a sergeant at arms that can make arrests. Ur… where’s that darn article about this?