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**Xutrsavf** · 06-20-2012, 11:12 PM

Looks like the remainder of the week is shaping up nicely...

First this.

Obama asserts executive privilege ahead of Holder contempt vote

President Obama on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over documents sought by a House panel ahead of its vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

It's the first time Obama has used executive privilege since taking office. A White House aide said the president had gone longer without asserting the privilege in a congressional dispute than any other president in the last three decades.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his panel was "evaluating" a letter from Deputy Attorney General James Cole asserting the privilege that arrived minutes before Issa's committee was to begin contempt proceedings.

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In a letter to the president requesting the executive privilege, Holder detailed the efforts he said his department made to satisfy the House panel.

“We consider the Department’s accommodations … to have been extraordinary,” Holder wrote. “Despite these accommodations, however, the Committee scheduled a vote on its contempt resolution. At that point, the Department offered an additional accommodation that would fully address the Committee’s remaining questions …The Committee, however, has not accepted the Department’s offer and has instead elected to proceed with its contempt vote.”
Then this a few hours later.

House panel votes 23-17 to place Holder in contempt of Congress

Faster And Furiouser: Darrell Issa Strikes Back, Holds Eric Holder In Contempt

a little more commentary from ZH

What Is Executive Privilege?

There has been much talk today about Obama's use of the "executive privilege" yet few are familiar with the details of this relatively unknown presidential option. The AP sheds much needed light on this practice: perhaps the most fitting, to the constitutional expert president, is that the "privilege" isn't in the Constitution nor has been clearly defined by the courts. In other words - just the kind of loophole that one needs to mask the fact that the very person tasked with imposing justice is himself guilty of performing just the opposite. Yet Obama has only used it once (so far) during his tenure as president. Dubya used it six times, Bush Sr used it once also. Slick Willie however takes the cake with 14 cases of executive privilege during his 8 years on top. So looks like Holder got what he wanted. So where does this latest drama take us? Is this just more of circuses to keep these stories out of publik conversation?

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06-20-2012, 11:12 PM	#1
Xutrsavf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Executive Priviledge Throwdown Looks like the remainder of the week is shaping up nicely... First this. Obama asserts executive privilege ahead of Holder contempt vote President Obama on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over documents sought by a House panel ahead of its vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It's the first time Obama has used executive privilege since taking office. A White House aide said the president had gone longer without asserting the privilege in a congressional dispute than any other president in the last three decades. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his panel was "evaluating" a letter from Deputy Attorney General James Cole asserting the privilege that arrived minutes before Issa's committee was to begin contempt proceedings. .... In a letter to the president requesting the executive privilege, Holder detailed the efforts he said his department made to satisfy the House panel. “We consider the Department’s accommodations … to have been extraordinary,” Holder wrote. “Despite these accommodations, however, the Committee scheduled a vote on its contempt resolution. At that point, the Department offered an additional accommodation that would fully address the Committee’s remaining questions …The Committee, however, has not accepted the Department’s offer and has instead elected to proceed with its contempt vote.” Then this a few hours later. House panel votes 23-17 to place Holder in contempt of Congress Faster And Furiouser: Darrell Issa Strikes Back, Holds Eric Holder In Contempt a little more commentary from ZH What Is Executive Privilege? There has been much talk today about Obama's use of the "executive privilege" yet few are familiar with the details of this relatively unknown presidential option. The AP sheds much needed light on this practice: perhaps the most fitting, to the constitutional expert president, is that the "privilege" isn't in the Constitution nor has been clearly defined by the courts. In other words - just the kind of loophole that one needs to mask the fact that the very person tasked with imposing justice is himself guilty of performing just the opposite. Yet Obama has only used it once (so far) during his tenure as president. Dubya used it six times, Bush Sr used it once also. Slick Willie however takes the cake with 14 cases of executive privilege during his 8 years on top. So looks like Holder got what he wanted. So where does this latest drama take us? Is this just more of circuses to keep these stories out of publik conversation? NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say if We Spied on You CFR & U.S. Army Chief of Staff: Use Army for Domestic “Law” Enforcement (Martial Law)
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