A New Bush "Executive Privilege" Theory
So now we have a President that virtually says that he is above the law because he is the law because he hires the lawyers and they work for him. What chutzpah! If this is allowed to stand, then Congress could use its "inherent contempt powers allowing either body to hold its own trials and even jail those found in defiance of Congress. According to the Post this was "widely used during the 19th century, the power has not been invoked since 1934 and Democratic lawmakers have not displayed an appetite for reviving the practice."
It's about time that Congress started using it again. The old saying that "drastic times call for drastic measures" could not be as appropriate as they are now. These indeed are drastic times. The American people would have no problem with Congress using drastic measures. In fact they have been calling for Congress to do just that for months now.
