Monday, June 18, 2012

Holders "Impending constitutional crisis"

As Eric Holder faces significant backlash over the "Fast and Furious" ordeal, he has still managed to foreward responsibility on those who seek the truth.  Eric Holder is quoted as saying  “I want to make it very clear that I am offering — I myself — to sit down with the Speaker, the chairman, with you, whoever, to try and work our way through this in an attempt to avoid a constitutional crisis, and come up with ways, creative ways, in which to make this material available. But I’ve got to have a willing partner. I’ve extended my hand, and I’m waiting to hear back,” Holder said in response to a question posed by Grassley.  This issue is not a matter of truth or dare or even the impending consequences he may face over contempt, but of constitutional backlash to his office and the Obama administration.  The Senate Judiciary is the committee that has oversight of the Attorney Generals office, which in this case is have yet to establish if there is a clear violation of the constitutional regarding support of operations that circumvent congressional approval.  As it stands 10 Democrats
and 8 Republicans are on the committee and the ranking leader is from the controlling party of the Senate.  Just like the speaker of the house, this committee has its own rules regarding what to investigate or not.  The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government.  The point here is that this office,  being the 4th office created by congress, has just as much respect as does the presidents office.  And yet we have here a man who runs the largest law office in the world and still is unwilling to abide by the constitution to uphold the law, which in this case is to release court ordered documents.  He's refused to enforce illegal immigration, refused to release documents ordered by a court and has refused to investigate the legality of drone strikes on american citizens abroad.  The constitutional crisis here is one of malice and animosity towards the constitution stemming from the highest office's in the land. 

Read more: http://times247.com/articles/holder-contempt-charges-are-an-impending-constitutional-crisis#ixzz1yAs1q6EF

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