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"US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed."

"US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed." The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches. The House Judiciary Committee wants to question the president's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, and former legal counsel Harriet Miers, about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. But President Bush says they are immune from such subpoenas. They say Congress can't force them to testify or turn over documents."

You can access today's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 31, 2008 (boomark / email).