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Can the House send Holder to jail?

Tasine 2012/06/22 17:12:51
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...........if Rep. Darrell Issa really wants to get his point across
with Holder, he can bypass the Senate and the U.S. Attorney by making
the charge against Holder to be ‘inherent contempt.’ Inherent contempt
is a rarely used charge these days. In fact, the last time it was used
was by the Senate in 1934 in a case that involved William P. MacCracken
Jr. and the U.S. Postmaster.

In an inherent contempt proceeding, the Senate or in today’s case the
House, brings the contempt charges against the individual, in this case
Eric Holder. The Sergeant-at-Arms for the House then arrests the
person charged and brings them to the floor of the House. The charges
are read, discussed and then voted upon. If the House votes in favor of
the charges, the guilty party is then subject to the appropriate
punishment, which may include imprisonment. The House will decide if
they want to send Holder to prison for his actions or just give him a
slap on the wrist, like they often do.


In the 1934 case, MacCracken was charged with inherent contempt of
Congress for refusing to testify before Congress and allowing his
clients to destroy documents that Congress had subpoenaed. The Senate
voted to hold MacCracken in inherent contempt and promptly sentenced him
to 10 days in jail. MacCracken appealed in federal court and the case
eventually made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that the
Senate had acted constitutionally and that MacCracken would indeed have
to serve his 10 days in jail.

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Lawyers and politicians LOVE "precedents" and I want Congress to send Holder to jail - and for a lot more than 10 days!! Do you want him to go to jail?



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  • Walt 2012/06/22 19:27:18
    Walt
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    Eric Holder has contempt for Congress, the Constitution, and for the American people. He has perjured himself and impeded a Congressional investigation into his own wrongdoing. He is a criminal and he belongs in prison with the other criminals.

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  • shadow76 2012/06/23 06:39:46
    shadow76
    +1
    I guess we have pressure Issa, Beohner, and other high Repubs to finish th e job and throw him in the same jail they sent G Gordon Liddy!
  • TruBluTopaz 2012/06/22 23:06:53
    TruBluTopaz
    +1
    I'm not sure. I think it's more of a civil case where they can then refer it to a court for sentencing. Does the House have a jail?
  • Tasine TruBluT... 2012/06/22 23:38:55
    Tasine
    +1
    According to the article, the house surely CAN send him to jail. It was done in 1934. There is "PRECEDENCE" the liberal so love.
  • TruBluT... Tasine 2012/06/23 12:17:55
    TruBluTopaz
    Then I hope they go for it.
  • Walt 2012/06/22 19:27:18
    Walt
    +4
    Eric Holder has contempt for Congress, the Constitution, and for the American people. He has perjured himself and impeded a Congressional investigation into his own wrongdoing. He is a criminal and he belongs in prison with the other criminals.
  • Tasine Walt 2012/06/22 23:39:28
    Tasine
    +2
    Absolutely!!
  • Patriot Unit 2012/06/22 17:45:39
    Patriot Unit
    +4
    I say go for it, its about time that the point be made that the Congress has oversight authority, and that Holder is obligated to turn over all information asked for, so that they can do their job. And it is not the Presidents place to protect Holder with Executive Privilege. The President, his mouth peace, and his supporters should stop obstructing justice from being served, People Died as a result of some dishonesty, or faulted program. It does not matter if if was started in one Presidents Term or the other. What matters is who was in charge when our two citizens were killed, and even the hundreds of Mexican citizens as well. I find it offending that many of the documents have been redacted. And that the committee can not get to the bottom of the matter. because of the obstruction of Holder and now the President. It does not matter what party is responsible at the time of an oversight investigation, and those Democrats who insist that it is a political witch hunt should shut their mouths. Its the job over Congress to get to the facts of the matter. That is why we have a three branch system, so that our government can be held to account for its mistakes or dishonesty. I find it offensive that any President would stoop so low as to ignore that fact. And I find it offensive th...
    I say go for it, its about time that the point be made that the Congress has oversight authority, and that Holder is obligated to turn over all information asked for, so that they can do their job. And it is not the Presidents place to protect Holder with Executive Privilege. The President, his mouth peace, and his supporters should stop obstructing justice from being served, People Died as a result of some dishonesty, or faulted program. It does not matter if if was started in one Presidents Term or the other. What matters is who was in charge when our two citizens were killed, and even the hundreds of Mexican citizens as well. I find it offending that many of the documents have been redacted. And that the committee can not get to the bottom of the matter. because of the obstruction of Holder and now the President. It does not matter what party is responsible at the time of an oversight investigation, and those Democrats who insist that it is a political witch hunt should shut their mouths. Its the job over Congress to get to the facts of the matter. That is why we have a three branch system, so that our government can be held to account for its mistakes or dishonesty. I find it offensive that any President would stoop so low as to ignore that fact. And I find it offensive that anybody in the Congress, Administration, or the Judiciary, would support such actions, of this President, Attorney General, or member of Congress that supports the hiding of the facts, when the killing of any citizen as a result of some government program or the action of a bureaucrat in order for one party or the other to save face, or try to.
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  • Tasine Patriot... 2012/06/22 23:41:28
    Tasine
    +1
    Well stated! It has been so long since we've seen them do their jobs - they've probably forgotten how if they ever KNEW how.
  • Rusty Shackleford 2012/06/22 17:25:27
    Rusty Shackleford
    +1
    No, Holder is above the law, not subject to it.
  • ray Rusty S... 2012/06/22 17:50:06
    ray
    +2
    " No, Holder is above the law," ??? you are joking right ?
  • Rusty S... ray 2012/06/22 18:41:10
    Rusty Shackleford
    +2
    I wish I was.

    If he sees the inside of a jail cell, I will be shocked.
  • Tasine Rusty S... 2012/06/22 23:42:22
    Tasine
    +2
    I think you are right. He isn't supposed to be above it, just as Obama isn't supposed to be, but to date, they have been.
  • l 2012/06/22 17:18:44 (edited)
    l
    +2
    I think this case will eventually go to the Supreme Court! I can't stand the game playing!
  • krayzrick l 2012/06/22 20:22:30
    krayzrick
    +3
    'The Supreme Court', which will drastically change if O'bummer gets re-elected...
  • Tasine krayzrick 2012/06/22 23:44:13
    Tasine
    +3
    You got that right. It may even be discarded if he gets re-elected. He seems to think he is what counts and ONLY what counts.

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