Can everyone now admit that the House did the right thing here by using this opportunity to make the first dent in the theory of the unitary executive instead of wasting time arresting these two or starting impeachment hearings that wouldn't have a chance to finish or whatever other fire-alarm remedy folks here were clamoring for instead of going through the established and effective (if frustratingly slow) legal process?

Damn librul activist judges. How dare they uphold the rule of law.

The biggest reason the Bushies needed a second term was to give them time to destroy evidence of crimes they committed during the first term, which is not to suggest that they aren't still committing crimes. Anyway, I'm certain the Executive paper shredders run 24/7. Abuse of power as an alternative lifestyle.

The House of Cards is collapsing, one statute at a time. And Rove, the perennial Joker in the Bush deck, is no longer the wild card, he's on the run and his delusion of immunity fades with every new baby step that Congress takes.

The Siegelman persecution alone should be more than enough history to get Karl frogmarched into captivity, and his latest escapade about IT evil genius(R) Connell and Ohio 04' election thievery is icing on the cake of justice that we will all relish once it's baked.

Someone needs to revoke Rove's passport before he flies off to join Ken Lay on that palm frond in Dubai, you know, the one where Cheney and Halliburton are planning to dwell once they have finished their destruction of our American way of life.

I love the smell of pissed off Republicans early in the morning.

it's all a show folks...

Until we see the new folks in town pass laws which STOPS this behavior in the future, nothing will change.

Meanwhile, the only proceedures being followed are those which, in the end, will ensure NOBODY important will pay consequences for the continued destruction of this nation...

Anyone want to bet the NEW president or the NEW Congress or the NEW Senate in town (independent of WHICH party affiliation) will actually limit the actions of the administration, or actually make laws with consequence for the crooks who are found out, or actually LIMIT the power of lobbyists or... or...

When you can no long prosecute folks who are torturing innocent people and can no longer prosecute those who send innocent folks to an illegal war... and when someone who didn't even bother to read available reports before authorizing innocent people to go to their deaths... we have LOST!

Of course, reality shows seem to be much more important than democracies nowdays..

While a few of the House democrats are willing to pursue this to its end, the democratic leadership is not. At the moment these criminal behaviors are still election issues.

After the elections are over, watch for the democratic leadership, including Obama, to shoot this down.

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

Miers and Bolton are just buying time until they can get a Presidential pardon and skate on the issue. All of the Bushies are going to be in delay mode with any court proceedings, they only need to stretch it out five more months - that's nothing with a decent lawyer, and you know they all have the best.

There's no way they testify. This'll get appealed, then appealed again. And again.

IF Dems would have let those FISA lawsuits mover forward, via shelfing the FISA bill that Nancy had the power to do, then Dems would have had all the control they needed - Bush would have bent over backwards for them.

If Nancy Pelosi had done her job, not blamed everyone else for her extreme lack of leadership, not hidden criminal acts of wiretapping done by this administration from public view, we would not be on this slow road to nowhere, with criminal acts of this administration being merely used as political fodder for Dems political objectives and campaigns, void of any real intent of accountablity.

Pelosi doesn't care about the act torture or the wiretapping anymore that Bush cares about it, otherwise, she wouldn't be trying so hard to protect it. If Pelosi doesn't torture, why isn't impeach on the table.

Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court again?
Isn't he the one that ruled against Dennis Kucinich suing President Bush’s withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, ruled against Valerie Plame suing Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby and Karl Rove? Obviously, he's the administration's go to guy when they want a favorable opinion. Guess even Judges have to follow stari decisus.

A small, but important, victory.

Think back a few years, this case could have been brought before Bush's reactionary rightwing appointment to the DC cicuit, Janice Rogers Brown, who would have denied the House and likely denouncement their efforts in the process.

Our democracy hangs on fewer threads every day that republicans rule the WH.

So in short, the White House can continue to claim executive privilege, and Congress can continue to sue them on the legitimacy of the claims. Unless the two parties can work something out, around and around we go.

In other words, the Bushies get off Scot free while the Girly-Crats huff and puff and threaten to blow their house down.

I'm so loving the idea of Harriet Miers having to testify.

ROFLMAO!!!!

Y'all have no idea how much I love this.

Sounds like this is just setting up the appeal.

Still, assembling the documents for the judge's in camera review is a good start.