Is Congress authorizing the subpoenas to Bush Aides in a non-criminal case violation of separation of powers?

Question

It seems to me the LIEberal Congress was complaining about Executive oversight into some of their practices the last couple years and they were crying SOP. Now, not so much???

More LIEberal hypocrisy?

Answer 1

It is congress with nothing else to do. Serving as U S Attorney is at the pleasure of the President. I remembered back in 1993 the firings of all US Attorney under Bill Clinton.

The Democrats want to be hostile and confrontational.

Answer 2

First of all Congress has a Constitutional oversight responsibility they haven't exercised in six years of rubber stamping Bush policies, good or ill, and saving Terry Schiavo from flag-burning gay abortionist French fry eaters.

Secondly, there hasn't been any Executive oversight of Congress. They have no Constitutional authority for it. The only thing that comes close are the Congressional corruption cases run by Bush appointed prosecutors which have snagged Republicans 8 to 2, prompting the removal of the 8 federal prosecutors in this particular scandal of the week.

Of course we should keep in mind that before the Gingrich revolution Democrats like Rostenkowski were going to jail left and right. It happens every time someone has been in the majority too long. They not only become corrupt, but eventually like Duke Cunningham and others, they don't even bother to hide it, believing they are invulnerable.

What stinks here is that the day after notifying the DOJ that her investigation into the Cunningham bribery case was expanding to other Republicans, Carol Lam was fired. We now have a memo from Gonzales' chief of staff sent the day Lam notified his office of her expanding investigation, saying "Lam is a problem that has to be resolved." You don't have to be a liberal to say that stinks to high heaven which is why the Republicans are not backing up Gonzales on this mess.

Consider all the conservative Republicans raising hell about this before you blow this off as politics. Corrupting the justice system isn't a liberal or conservative issue, and that's why this is going down the way it is and has to. there's no doubt the Democrats will make hay of this just as the Republicans would if the roles were reversed, but that doesn't mean it isn't critically important all the same.

Answer 3

Well, yeah...they're supposed to be. But hey, Bush made them an offer to have both of the WH aids answer questions, not under oath and no transcripts...but they just won't take it. So, now this means that Bush's offer is no longer an option and has been removed from the table.

Congress needs to get their A$$s busy and put other things in order. All they've done since January is whine and complain about how this administration does EVERYTHING. It was certainly Okay for BC to fire 93 attorneys, but since Pelosi hates GB so much, (and had publicly admitted that) and she vowed revenge, what more can this country expect. GB might be unagreeable, but the Congress is knit-picking at the small stuff. They are SO AFRAID the Dems will not take over the White House, they'll do everything possible to make Repubs look like the worlds worst enemies. So Yes, more liberal hypocrisy.

Answer 4

Bush put himself in a lose/lose situation. Until we know all the facts how do we know what the WH did was NOT illegal? I don't believe you have all the facts.
What hypocrisy . Bush is perfectly happy to ignore checks and balances when he operates unconstitutionally, but cries about executive privilege when he has something to hide.
You better get used to this. We will see more accountability over the next two years. The Republicans are finding out what it means to lose the power of the gavel.

Answer 5

Congress can subpoena whoever they want from the White House. Hopefully, Rove will take that subpoena and wipe his butt with it.

I think Bush should subpoena all of Schumer's aides to determine if this witch hunt is politically motivated. And Schumer and Hitlery need to turn over all their documents and emails from the last six months.

I mean, come on, if they have nothing to hide...

Answer 6

I would like to answer this question with a question.

How is this witch hunt on bush any thing different than the Republican witch hunt was on Clinton?

Politics are politics and it makes no difference which party it is, witch hunts are wrong.

This is about people in high paying jobs being replaced, Well, what about the average person being replaced by their employers? What about ALL the jobs that were lost here due to NAFTA?

Politics is just a bunch of people serving their own purpose rather than the people who elected them in the first place.

Of course that's just my personal opinion.

Answer 7

Hipocracy it is, but the answer to this will not be forthcoming anytime soon. President Bush will be out of Office before the Courts rule on this one.

Answer 8

Sigh, once again, you couldn't be further from the truth.