Which entity will enforce Congress' contempt order against Holder?

[miles]

This has the potential to be a replay of George Wallace standing in the doorway.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

If Holder is stupid enough to provoke a pointless Constitutional crisis over a lawful contempt of Congress resolution, then the ultimate enforcer will be his boss who will likely take a very dim view of watching his chances for re-election plummet -- an event to which the crisis will have most certainly contributed.

 

[phrodeau]

Certain members of Congress deserve contempt.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Most members of the house and the Senate deserve contempt.

FYP....

 

[KRCummings]

FYP....

The Senate is part of Congress you fucking twit.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

The Senate is part of Congress you fucking twit.

Thanks Sunshine! I fixed it

 

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[miles]

If Holder is stupid enough to provoke a pointless Constitutional crisis over a lawful contempt of Congress resolution, then the ultimate enforcer will be his boss who will likely take a very dim view of watching his chances for re-election plummet -- an event to which the crisis will have most certainly contributed.

He may not be stupid but the Regime is arrogant enough to let it happen.

 

[Loring2]

I suspect the full House will find him in contempt if a vote is held. The President has not asserted Executive privilege, ostensibly because the communications being sought do not involve White House communications. So it seems that Holder will join Janet Reno in infamy.

What Executive privilege would that be Vett... ? No such thiing here.

 

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[coachdb18]

That's what I was saying, he hasn't claimed it because there are no WH communications involved. Executive Privilege is Holder's only hope.

Contempt of Congress is such a flyweight charge for the gravity of the crimes Holder has committed... Treason, Obstruction of Justice, Perjury, Accessory to Murder....He should be hanged, unceremoniously!

 

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[coachdb18]

Problem is all the others require Obama administration action.

Yep.. this junta regime reminds me of one of the old western movies where the band of horse thieves take over the town, and the ring leader pins a badge on his chest while the rest of the thieves rape and pillage the town.. free drinks and good times till the real sheriff arrives!

 

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[phrodeau]

About as straight an analogy as I've heard lately.

That shows who you've been listening to.

 

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[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

If Holder is stupid enough to provoke a pointless Constitutional crisis over a lawful contempt of Congress resolution, then the ultimate enforcer will be his boss who will likely take a very dim view of watching his chances for re-election plummet -- an event to which the crisis will have most certainly contributed.

Yes, Holder is that stupid. Obama is remaining quiet.

There is a thread around here somewhere, perhaps "Fast and Furious", with a link to a congress woman calling for Holder's resignation and/or further investigation. I would have to google the net to find it. Very interesting argument in Congress that day.

 

[KingOrfeo]

From ThinkProgress:

Five Things To Know About The Republican Witchhunt Against Attorney General Holder

By Ian Millhiser on Jun 13, 2012 at 9:00 am

In 2006, during the presidency of George W. Bush, the Justice Department launched the first of a series of misguided “gunrunning” schemes that eventually led to the death of federal Agent Brian Terry. Rather than look to ways to prevent such a tragedy from happening again, however, House Oversight Chair Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) spent his tenure as a committee chair trying unsuccessfully to embarrass Attorney General Eric Holder.

Next week, Issa plans to escalate this witchhunt by holding an committee vote on a resolution to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress. Here’s what you need to know about this vote:

1. Issa Has No Case: Issa’s uncovered no evidence showing Holder bears any blame for the botched operations begun under George W. Bush, even though the Justice Department turned over thousands of pages of documents concerning the operations. Instead of accepting this fact, Issa has requested many more documents containing confidential information regarding ongoing law enforcement investigations, and is now threatening to hold Holder in contempt if these documents are not turned over. Holder is entirely correct to withhold these documents, however, because Justice Department documents are not subject to congressional subpoena if they would reveal “strategies and procedures that could be used by individuals seeking to evade [DOJ's] law enforcement efforts.”

2. Reagan’s Justice Department Agreed With Holder: President Reagan’s Justice Department warned in the 1980s that the Constitution’s separation of powers prevents the kind of documents Issa is seeking from being revealed to Congress because of the risk that the legislature could “exert pressure or attempt to influence the prosecution of criminal cases.”

3. Law Enforcement Rejects Issa’s Witchhunt: Issa’s efforts to embarrass Holder are an unnecessary distraction that hinders the Department of Justice’s ability to do its real job. As an organization representing numerous senior law enforcement officials warned Issa, his efforts are “an impediment to the vigorous enforcement of violence and crime.”

4. Even Top Republicans Think Issa Goes Too Far: After Issa leaked his plans to pursue contempt charges to the media, the House Republican leadership pressured him to back off. Indeed, even House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has indicated that Issa is overreaching.

5. Issa Is Fixated On A Conspiracy Theory: Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of this affair is what Issa once suggested his investigation will uncover. In an interview with Sean Hannity, Issa claimed that the Obama administration “made a crisis” when they continued the Bush-era gunrunning operations because they wanted to “us[e] this crisis to somehow take away or limit people’s Second Amendment rights.” This accusation originates from a former militiaman who supports violent resistance to imagined government attempts to seize his guns. And it amounts to an accusation that a series of botched gun stings that begun during the Bush Administration were actually part of a secret Obama plot to release guns to Mexican drug lords, so that those guns could then be used to kill federal agents, which would then cause a national uprising in support of gun control.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Yep.. this junta regime reminds me of one of the old western movies where the band of horse thieves take over the town, and the ring leader pins a badge on his chest while the rest of the thieves rape and pillage the town.. free drinks and good times till the real sheriff arrives!

Holder is the real sheriff.

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

Holder is the real sheriff.

LMFAO I take it back...you aren't one of the biggest kool aid drinking hacks on the board you are THE kool aid drinking hack.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics/kool1.jpg

 

[phrodeau]

Holder is the real sheriff.

Everyone knows that America's real sheriff is that Arpaio goon in Arizona.

 

[Mike_Yates]

This has the potential to be a replay of George Wallace standing in the doorway.

Eric Holder and the DoJ is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Mexican people.

He should be sent to prison for the rest of his life for his complicity in mass-murder.

 

[mercury14]

You wouldn't have any clue one way or the other.

No idea if you watch him or not but your post content mirrors Sean Hannity verbatim.

 

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[4est_4est_Gump]

No idea if you watch him or not but your post content mirrors Sean Hannity verbatim.

As soon as Obama said the private sector is doing just fine, you were parroting in lockstep all the bad things that had happened to the public sector in order to punch the Obama-Hollande ticket for the upcoming election.