http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20080731-1544-congress-contempt.html
This ruling, if it stands, would set a horrible precedent for the separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches of our government.Congress will be able to compel anyone from the executive branch (except the President, who must be impeached) to appear and testify before any committee they choose, on any day they choose. Just consider what will happen when Congress begins to really abuse this power (and abuse it they will, Democrats and Republicans alike, for expressly political purposes). Congress will effectively be able to stop all business at the White House by issuing a constant stream of subpoenas to White House aides. That is not what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they created co-equal branches of government, and I can scarcely believe a sitting judge would be so dense as to issue a ruling that would allow it to happen. I just hope the Supreme Court steps up and knocks this ruling down. I have no desire to see all business of government stop in a subpoena war between Congress and the White House. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
