Legal News

"Bolten, Miers Ask Judge to Delay Order; Aides Continue to Contest Subpoenas"
"Bolten, Miers Ask Judge to Delay Order; Aides Continue to Contest Subpoenas": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E...

U.S. House Files Suit to Enforce Subpoenas Against 2 Former White House Officials
U.S. House Files Suit to Enforce Subpoenas Against 2 Former White House Officials :: A Rare Lawsuit for House General Counsel :: Complaint in Committee on the Judiciary v. Miers (pdf)

House Votes to Hold Miers and Bolten In Contempt, and Grants Itself Power to Pursue the Subpoenas
The issue over subpoenas to former White House aides Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten related to the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys that the President asserted they could simply ignore under a claim of Executive Privilege has come to a...

House Approves Contempt Resolutions for Miers and Bolten
Today, the House has just approved H.Res. 982 by a vote of 223-32-1, which provides for the adoption of H.Res. 979, recommending that the House of Representatives find Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel, and Joshua Bolten, the White House Chief of Staff, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by [...

"House Panel Sues to Force Bush Aides to Table; Bolten and Miers Ignored Subpoenas In Prosecutor Probe"
"House Panel Sues to Force Bush Aides to Table; Bolten and Miers Ignored Subpoenas In Prosecutor Probe": This article will appear Tuesday in The Washington Post. And McClatchy Newspapers report that "House Democrats go to court to force Bush aides to testify...

"House Files Contempt Lawsuit"
"House Files Contempt Lawsuit": Pete Yost of The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The House Judiciary Committee filed suit Monday to force former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to provide information about the firing of U...

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