"An impeachment inquiry is not a dinner invitation"

[orangecrush]

"An impeachment inquiry is not a dinner invitation. It is not something one can decide whether or not to accept. The president, like other American citizens, is subject to Congress’ subpoena power. Let’s not confuse the president’s refusal to comply with a right to refusal.

The president’s recalcitrance will likely leave Congress adding one more thing to the impeachment inquiry: obstruction of justice."

....

"The real crisis will come if the White House ignores the courts, too
Diane Marie Amann, law professor, University of Georgia
The eight-page letter of the White House counsel may be described as legal-ish. At times it resembles a legal document, and it even cites a few Supreme Court cases. Overall, however, its arguments sound political. The White House has taken a political position that assumes almost unlimited executive power and pays little heed to the checks and balances upon which the US Constitution is founded."

Much more -

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2019/10/9/20905503/trump-white-house-letter-democrats-impeachment

[pangaia]

1. Who needs a law prof to know what is going on?

Anybody with half a brain can see it.. laws dont matter courts dont matter. Impeachsmeach don't matter.,
Fuck republucans !!!

THEY are to blame !

[Newest Reality]

2. I know that...

regardless of what he does, the law of the land still applies, but...

This is ironic. Its the Constitution itself that creates and defines the position he now holds. He he does not respect and honor said Constitution, then he, in effect nullifies his own position. I know, it doesn't work that way, but its the principle of thing.

This is a new situation, methinks. The only term I can come up with that applies is rogue pResident.

I still wonder just how far he can go before it becomes absolutely necessary to forcibly remove him, and you know what I mean. Yes, I do think about that possibility as an extreme case.