You must always follow through. We expect you to go all ninja on her ass. Please.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers (D-MI) warned Harriet Miers' attorney today that the former White House counsel will risk contempt proceedings unless she complies with a committee-issued subpoena for testimony.
Miers was supposed to testify before a Judiciary subcommittee yesterday on the US attorney firings, but she did not appear after a White House attorney instructed her to stay home. The White House claims that executive privilege cloaks Miers from testifying
As a lawyer and a momentary Supreme Court nominee, I would have thought Miers would have had more respect for ... you know... the law.
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The really offensive act is this: Miers didn't merely show up, claim executive privilege and refuse to testify; she simply didn't show up.
A subpoena is not an invitation. One does not "decline" a subpoena. The word itself means "under penalty," and damn her, Miers should experience the penalty. Send the House Sergeant-at-Arms to find her and, as you so delicately put it, "go all ninja on her ass" ... arrest her and bring her before the committee.
This is no longer about whether Miers testifies, or what she may or may not say if she does: this is about whether Congress has compulsory process for bringing witnesses before it. If it does not, we are all screwed.
You don't do well in prison with a name like "Harriet"
Do the raccoon eyes help?
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