Comments on: Impeach Alberto Gonzales, He Lies Under Oath http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bruce/Crablaw http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65553 Bruce/Crablaw Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:20:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65553 In Maryland, if you put a slug into a parking meter - 25 cents - you get disbarred. Has Alberto Gonzales does 25 cents worth of dishonesty? I think so. Maybe $25 million worth, if you sum all of it (politicization of federal prosecutions, hiring from a Virginia Beach-based madrassa for underachieving fundies rather than from real law schools, firing the good and honest and replacing them with the corrupt and venal - and perjuring himself over all of the above repeatedly and obdurantly.) Screw impeachment, I want his law licenses s***canned. In Maryland, if you put a slug into a parking meter – 25 cents – you get disbarred.

Has Alberto Gonzales does 25 cents worth of dishonesty? I think so. Maybe $25 million worth, if you sum all of it (politicization of federal prosecutions, hiring from a Virginia Beach-based madrassa for underachieving fundies rather than from real law schools, firing the good and honest and replacing them with the corrupt and venal – and perjuring himself over all of the above repeatedly and obdurantly.)

Screw impeachment, I want his law licenses s***canned.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65552 C.S.Strowbridge Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:13:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65552 "Yeah, apparently the Solicitor General is charged with that. He is a Bush appointee." "It doesn't happen very often, but Congress can prosecute for contempt." If they tried to get the Solicitor General to do his job and he didn't, could they find both men in contempt of Congress? It's time to start clearing house. “Yeah, apparently the Solicitor General is charged with that. He is a Bush appointee.”

“It doesn’t happen very often, but Congress can prosecute for contempt.”

If they tried to get the Solicitor General to do his job and he didn’t, could they find both men in contempt of Congress?

It’s time to start clearing house.

]]> By: Dr. Victor Davis Handjob http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65551 Dr. Victor Davis Handjob Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:02:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65551 It doesn't happen very often, but Congress can prosecute for contempt. Andrew Sullivan points here: <a href="http://www.acsblog.org/separation-of-powers-crs-explains-congresss-contempt-powers.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.acsblog.org/separation-of-powers-crs-explains-congresss-contempt-powers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsblog.org/separation-of-powers-crs-explains-congresss-contempt-powers.html</a></a> "Under the inherent contempt power the individual is brought before the House or Senate by the Sergeant-at-Arms, tried at the bar of the body, and can be imprisoned in the Capitol jail. The witness can be imprisoned for a specified period of time as punishment, or for an indefinite period . . . until he agrees to comply... A finding of inherent contempt against an executive branch official[] does not appear to be subject to the President’s Pardon power." It doesn’t happen very often, but Congress can prosecute for contempt. Andrew Sullivan points here:

http://www.acsblog.org/separation-of-powers-crs-explains-congresss-contempt-powers.html

“Under the inherent contempt power the individual is brought before the House or Senate by the Sergeant-at-Arms, tried at the bar of the body, and can be imprisoned in the Capitol jail. The witness can be imprisoned for a specified period of time as punishment, or for an indefinite period . . . until he agrees to comply… A finding of inherent contempt against an executive branch official[] does not appear to be subject to the President’s Pardon power.”

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65550 Duros62 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:36:07 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65550 <i>But who is in charge of appointing the special prosecutor? If it is the Republicans, forget about it. It won't happen.</i> Yeah, apparently the Solicitor General is charged with that. He is a Bush appointee. <i>I'm not sure that Congress can prosecute him.</i> They can (and should) prosecute him for Contempt of Congress, obstruction and perjury. I don't think executive power enters into it. The guy is a tool of the highest order. Dammit, what do ya gotta do to get some justice around here? But who is in charge of appointing the special prosecutor? If it is the Republicans, forget about it. It won’t happen.

Yeah, apparently the Solicitor General is charged with that. He is a Bush appointee.

I’m not sure that Congress can prosecute him.
They can (and should) prosecute him for Contempt of Congress, obstruction and perjury. I don’t think executive power enters into it. The guy is a tool of the highest order.

Dammit, what do ya gotta do to get some justice around here?

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65549 SaveFarris Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:24:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65549 I'm not sure that Congress can prosecute him. The Constitution doesn't give them Executive Powers. The one alternative I do see that <i>might</i> pass legal muster would be if the Senate voted to "revoke" their consent on Gonzales's nomination. I’m not sure that Congress can prosecute him. The Constitution doesn’t give them Executive Powers.

The one alternative I do see that might pass legal muster would be if the Senate voted to “revoke” their consent on Gonzales’s nomination.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65548 C.S.Strowbridge Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:47:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65548 "Well, okay, now I have my answer." But who is in charge of appointing the special prosecutor? If it is the Republicans, forget about it. It won't happen. “Well, okay, now I have my answer.”

But who is in charge of appointing the special prosecutor? If it is the Republicans, forget about it. It won’t happen.

]]> By: Mike http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65547 Mike Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:40:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65547 <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_go_co/congress_gonzales;_ylt=Ag559ztoI692n.oP4_ws.YKs0NUE" rel="nofollow"> FBI director contradicts Gonzales</a> By LAURIE KELLMAN and LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON - <i>FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said Thursday the government's terrorist surveillance program was the topic of a 2004 hospital room dispute between top Bush administration officials, contradicting Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' sworn Senate testimony....</i> Tsk tsk FBI director contradicts Gonzales
By LAURIE KELLMAN and LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON – FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said Thursday the government’s terrorist surveillance program was the topic of a 2004 hospital room dispute between top Bush administration officials, contradicting Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ sworn Senate testimony….
Tsk tsk

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65546 Duros62 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:22:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65546 Well, okay, now I have my answer. <a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/26/senate-press-conference-calling-for-gonzales-special-prosecutor/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/26/senate-press-conference-calling-for-gonzales-special-prosecutor/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/26/senate-press-conference-calling-for-gonzales-special-prosecutor/</a></a> Well, okay, now I have my answer.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/26/senate-press-conference-calling-for-gonzales-special-prosecutor/

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65545 Duros62 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:48:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65545 Question: If the Attorney General is accused of Contempt of Congress, who does Congress get to prosecute him? Question: If the Attorney General is accused of Contempt of Congress, who does Congress get to prosecute him?

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65544 mdhåtter Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:02:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65544 Sorry vera, we're talking about the AG. You need to check the Senate thread. Sorry vera, we’re talking about the AG. You need to check the Senate thread.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/07/25/impeach-alberto-gonzales-he-lies-under-oath/#comment-65543 C.S.Strowbridge Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:46:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5638#comment-65543 Impeaching him would go a long way to fixing the major problems with this administration. It would also mean a lot of people in this administration would go to jail. Impeaching him would go a long way to fixing the major problems with this administration. It would also mean a lot of people in this administration would go to jail.

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