Detail Playing Politics with the Law?; Executive Authority v Congressional Oversight   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8790 (Jun. 2012), page 39-40. Topik: Political Conditions; Authority; Congress; Congressional Opposition Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.72 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The president is under congressional attack for a series of supposed power-grabs, just as used to happen under George Bush "Congress now faces a moment of decision between exerting its full authority...or accepting a dangerous expansion of executive branch authority." Thus Darrell Issa, a Republican congressman from California, made the case for finding Eric Holder, the attorney-general, in contempt of Congress. On June 20th the committee Mr Issa chairs approved a resolution against Mr Holder for failing to produce documents it had subpoenaed. On the same day Barack Obama, for the first time in his presidency, cited executive privilege as a justification for withholding the documents. What with an ongoing row about the president's habit of using executive orders to bypass congressional opposition to his policies, Mr Obama and the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives are on the verge of a constitutional showdown. It is a battle the Republicans will not win. If the full House, as is likely, now votes to hold Mr Holder in contempt, it will in theory fall to federal prosecutors to bring him into line. But in similar spats in the past, the prosecutors, who after all work for the president, have been inclined to accept the claim that releasing records of the internal deliberations of the executive branch would make it difficult for the president and his advisers to do their jobs. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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