ADMINISTRATION HAS NO LEG TO STAND ON WITH SUBPOENAS
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political Activist
Since the inception of the US Constitution, Congress has had the constitutional authority to issue subpoenas on any high-ranking official in the US government suspected of wrongdoing or illegal activities which unjustly profits or politically enhances another’s standing–and imperils the function of the standing administration, by no longer representing the will of the people.
Nixon tried to duck the subpoena issue during Watergate, and Clinton tried the same with the Monica Lewinsky affair. But in both cases, the Supreme Court stepped in and ruled that in both instances–the government is not above the law.
It had to submit.
Naturally, Bush is trying anyways; claiming that the “act of issuing subpoenas against some of his administration’s highest-ranking officials is unconstitutional and represents a deliberate attack on the Presidency.”
Unfortunately, Bush was never a student of political history, or otherwise he would’ve already known that Congress is well within its rights in doing what it‘s done–seeing how he’s foot dragged his way through the matters of the US attorneys being fired long enough; by denying Congress and the people the truth.
For the last 2 months, Bush has given out only butterball truths, misinformation, contradictions, and so many other distortions about what really went on with the 8 US attorneys being fired for other than “performance issues”, that Congress had no choice in the matter but to issue subpoenas.
In all respect, this is a perfectly legal and constitutionally appropriate action for Congress to undertake.
And despite some dwindling attacks by some Republicans in regards to this matter, the Democrats may finally uncover other truths in regards to the matters of government secrecy and the Iraq war–only because Bush no longer has a leg to stand on.
Of course, Bush will say he has a trump card in regards to how he stacked the Supreme Court in his favor with conservatives willing to back him–and that may be true. But the court may be inclined not to bail the President out in this instance–seeing how politically weakened he and his administration has become since the November elections.
Let’s hope that this remains true and the people will see that the judicial branch doesn’t serve one man loyally, but the interests of the people as a whole.
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.com
Labels: Bill Clinton, Bush, Congress, Lewinsky affair, Nixon, politically weakened, subpoenas, Supreme Court, US attorneys, Watergate
posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 10:25 PM
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