House Could Send Holder to Jail Without Approval of Senate or US Attorney?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/06/22 14:35:59
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.
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stormy rae 2012/06/22 17:47:41
+3jail him, he used exec privledge and lied under oath saying barry wasnt involved. the exec privledge should be enough to be rid of obama
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- jackolantyrn356 2012/06/22 22:20:37
+1Yes, like Obama he is safe due to the Senate Democrats. But do you really want that?reply - BlueMax372 2012/06/22 20:33:43+1Ah, but first, a little waterboarding?reply
- stormy rae 2012/06/22 17:47:41+3jail him, he used exec privledge and lied under oath saying barry wasnt involved. the exec privledge should be enough to be rid of obamareply
- Max 2012/06/22 16:39:02+3How about that. Republicans happen to have a majority in the house of representatives. I think the Fast and Furious case is worthy of this punishment.reply
- Soup Man 2012/06/22 16:19:28+3Go for it Issareply
- sockpuppet 2012/06/22 15:30:14+1Nothing's going to happen... they'll back down because they don't want to be accused of avoiding other legislative matters this close to the election, etc. I remember when Janet Reno was tasked with investigating herself, for crying out loud. I remember Clinton's impeachment... not that anything ever came of it.reply
- ☆ Queen... sockpuppet 2012/06/22 17:42:25+3well..i hope you are wrongreply
- sockpuppet ☆ Queen... 2012/06/22 19:04:46+2So do I!reply
- ☆ QueenAline 2012/06/22 15:14:19+3well then...i say wha'ts taking you so long..DO ITreply
- superangrymonkey 2012/06/22 14:36:41+2lolol He's not going to jail.reply
- ☆ Queen... superan... 2012/06/22 15:14:48+2why? Isn't that where criminals belong?reply
- superan... ☆ Queen... 2012/06/22 15:19:09+2Because he's got indisputable authority. If you're in the right gang you don't have to go to jailreply
- ☆ Queen... superan... 2012/06/22 15:39:54+2well we shall seereply
- sockpuppet superan... 2012/06/22 19:05:29+1There it is... right there. :O(reply
