• @dhork
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    377 months ago

    Republicans aren’t going to take “No” for an answer on this

    https://floridianpress.com/2024/06/luna-circulaties-letter-hold-garland-inherent-contempt-congress/

    “Inherent contempt” of Congress, a power rarely exercised and not used since the 1930s, is now being proposed as a significant measure. In this process, an offender is tried on the House floor, not by the Department of Justice. If the majority finds the offender in contempt, the House Sergeant-at-Arms arrests them until they comply with a subpoena or until the end of the legislative session. This move, historically used to coerce compliance rather than punish, is now being considered in a high-stakes political situation.

    • @stoly
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      147 months ago

      This, certainly, won’t go anywhere. Those with some sanity will realize that it’s not worth up using every bit of political capital they have on a nothing burger.

      • @dhork
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        247 months ago

        Those with some sanity will realize

        All the Republicans with sanity have been run out of town. It’s definitely going there.

        • Decoy321
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          57 months ago

          It’ll go somewhere. It’ll go in fuckin circles, but won’t go anywhere meaningful.

    • Baron Von J
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      107 months ago

      I thought the Democractic committee members and/or Pelosi said that Congress no longer has a “jail” in which the Sergeant at Arms could hold an arrestee.

    • Phoenixz
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      57 months ago

      “As of right now, we fully intend to bring it,” Rep. Luna declared, "I don’t really have much faith in the Department of Justice. And I don’t think the American people do either.

      Lovely how she actually pretends to speak for “the American people”

    • @Sanctus
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      37 months ago

      The House is divided and if this continues our Republic will fall.

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      17 months ago

      All this over audio they want to be able to run campaign ads.