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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostYes because no president, before Trump, ever stonewalled Congress!
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThis is mere conjecture on your part. The subpoenas were dropped because (as Trump presumably planned) they would not be ruled upon by the courts until well after the November elections when they would effectively be irrelevant.
And if worrying about delays are an issue then why are the Democrats insisting on the Senate issuing subpoenas? Wouldn't they face the same delays making them as you say "effectively ... irrelevant" as well? In fact it'll take longer because it'll be a couple months after the House would have issued them thanks in part to Pelosi squatting on them for a month.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by JimL View PostNo, I didn't suggest that they couldn't go to court, I suggested that for Congress to have to fight every supoena in court would render their Constitutional requirement to hold a corrupt president to account moot.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAs the judge in Kupperman's case made repeatedly clear he was planning on expediting the case so that it would take a couple of months at best.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThat is pretty much what every Congress has faced when all the other president's claimed executive privilege.
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostJimmy, Nixon and Clinton had to be compelled by the courts in their impeachment hearings. Do you ever read history books Jimmy? Stonewalling Congress is a presidential tradition, but Democrats only care when it’s a Republican doing it. I can’t imagine why.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAs the judge in Kupperman's case made repeatedly clear he was planning on expediting the case so that it would take a couple of months at best.
And if worrying about delays are an issue then why are the Democrats insisting on the Senate issuing subpoenas? Wouldn't they face the same delays making them as you say "effectively ... irrelevant" as well? In fact it'll take longer because it'll be a couple months after the House would have issued them thanks in part to Pelosi squatting on them for a month.
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostNo, I didn't suggest that they couldn't go to court, I suggested that for Congress to have to fight every supoena in court would render their Constitutional requirement to hold a corrupt president to account moot. Using executive privilege in order to cover up a crime is a crime in itself, it's illegal. But, if the president can, without claiming executive privilege, just refuse to turn over evidence, which is what this president is trying to get away with, then Congress would simply lose the power invested in them to impeach. Thus, the wannabe dictator, becomes a dictator.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThat is pretty much what every Congress has faced when all the other president's claimed executive privilege.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostOkay... so why didn't the House fight it in court? Because at this point, without a judicial ruling, there's nothing that says the President actually did anything wrong in this respect.
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Originally posted by Watermelon View PostI don’t think that’s accurate. The Supreme Court case in relation to Clinton’s impeachment was on whether a sitting president had immunity from civil lawsuits and Nixon was about priority of executive privilege over judicial needs. There’s was no challenge against impeachment hearings."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by JimL View PostBecause they didn't fall for the presidents trap to delay, delay, delay, until the election was over and because they got enough patriotic Americans to defy the Presidents orders and testify, as well as enough documentary evidence to indict and that is all that is required for the House to impeach, to bring the case to trial. That puts the onus on the Senate to put on a fair trial, to demand relevant witnesses and other evidence previously blocked.
The tactics of a pushy used car salesmen who is trying to sell you his lemon. I’ll pass."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostBecause they didn't fall for the presidents trap to delay, delay, delay, until the election was over...
But you missed the biggest point here: without a judicial ruling in the House's favor, there is nothing to say that what the President did is actually wrong.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostHumm, I thought that Clinton told his people not to testify and Nixon fought to not release his tapes. Is that not true?
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