The USA is in the midst of a BIG constitutional crisis.

The House Judiciary Committee voted to give Harriet Miers five days to rethink her failure to adhere to its subpoena for her appearance before that Committee today.

After that? We will see.

Here's a link to a Dailykos front page story on this crisis:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/12/15426/7096
Contempt; by Hunter; Thu Jul 12, 2007 at 12:49:28 PM PDT

And here are several comments from that story:

"If Harriet can ignore the subpoena then
the entire "justice" system is toast.

Baked.

Cooked.

Fried.

Done.

History."

by foxklub on Thu Jul 12, 2007 at 12:54:11 PM PDT

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"As a local judge here is
fond of saying . . . "a subpoena is not an invitation to which an RSVP is required" "

by Same As It Ever Was on Thu Jul 12, 2007

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"Well, you can, of course, go through legal channels to argue, before a judge, as to why you should not have to respond to a subpoena under certain criteria. So subpoenas can be quashed; but, obviously, they cannot simply be ignored."

by Ray Radlein on Thu Jul 12, 2007

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The Democrats MUST ACT
" 'Despite what others may say, this isn't a high stakes game. It isn't a "game" at all. The power of Congress to subpoena witnesses and have them appear is an absolute Constitutional power, and not one that can be ignored. It's high time for the White House legal team to understand where the boundaries of law are'.

I agree, I do not think this is a risky move by the majority. Hell, if they do nothing then they are simply telling Bush he is the Dictator and they will not challenge any ridiculous claim of privilege he makes!"

01-20-09: THE END OF AN ERROR "

by kimoconnor on Thu Jul 12, 2007