Contempt for the Constitution
On page A-21 of today’s New York Times and deep inside its Website is the day’s most consequential story: Karl Rove being subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about his involvement in the political prosecution of Alabama’s former Democratic governor and the firings of U.S. attorneys.
The onetime Bush political boss appears to have been deeply involved in the illegal and unethical acts. And of course he is refusing to testify. He may be held in contempt of Congress like his former colleague Harriet Meirs. The Bush Justice Department will refuse to prosecute the case. And the clock runs out.
Indeed, the clock is running out on American democracy. The United States Congress has only a little time to reassert its constitutional powers or the America we once knew is dead.
Unfortunately most of the media treat this as a minor tit-for-tat political story, which is exactly what the radical right wants.
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