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White House aides not immune from subpoenas
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Congress can force White House aides to testify under subpoena, a U.S. District Court ruled Thursday, rejecting Bush administration claims of immunity.
The House Judiciary Committee has been seeking to force former White House Counsel Harriet Miers to testify before Congress about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. The White House has been resisting, claiming she cannot be compelled to appear.
But the White House position “is without any support in case law,” Judge John D. Bates wrote in a 93-page opinion released Thursday.
He said the notion that “Miers is absolutely immune from compelled congressional process” is “unprecedented.”
It sucks that legal precedence is required for something WE ALREADY KNOW. Of course, this is definitely a step in the right direction! Now let’s get those assholes in the hot seat. Where’s Karl Rove at?! 
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