Anon comments:
The next time someone is standing next to Castle they should ask him this question.Sir, do you believe in the rule of law? Yes or No.”
That is a great question considering today’s developments summarized by a Kos diarist:
Bush didn’t just order Miers to keep quiet; he ordered her not to appear at all, even for the purpose of invoking executive privilege. On its face, then, this appears to violate Section 1505 – interfering with a Congressional investigation. That takes it into the criminal realm, where executive privilege is much weaker (not that it wasn’t already) and becomes further grounds for, dare I say it, the I-word.
Clearly impeachment is now in play. It will soon fall to the US Congress and people like Michael Castle to determine if we are a nation of laws or not. Simply put, Is George Bush above the law? Does he have powers of his own making that are outside of and above the Constitution of the United States?
The fact that Congress is made of of courageous statesmen like Michael Newbold Castle does not fill me with hope for the future of the Republic.
“I TOOK AN OATH TO THE PRESIDENT”This short video clip is a tidy summary what is so wrong within the Bush adminstration.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSIwJgX5J4]
Read Tommywonk for more.