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In Obama's Court
Talking Points Memo — ... With Rep. Conyers' new subpoena to Karl Rove, it's now up to President Obama to decide whether Rove gets to keep hiding behind executive privilege. Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, has forwarded the subpoena to President Obama and asked where he stands. ...

The Legal Intrigue Behind Rove
TPM Election Central — ... The House Judiciary Committee's subpoena of Karl Rove raises interesting questions as my colleague Zach Roth notes. I spoke with a Washington lawyer who has dealt with many presidential privilege issues and he (or is it she?) raised some interesting questions and offered a prediction. ...

The Rove subpoena
The Reality-Based Community — ... I don't see why this is even a close call . Constitutionally, the notion that any sort of skulduggery in the White House is exempt from Congressional oversight doesn't pass the giggle test. Politically, Obama ran on restoration of Constitutional government; he doesn't have to worry about Congress going after his folks, partly because they're Democrats and partly because he doesn't plan to commit any crimes; and revelations about Republican corruption can only be helpful to the cause. And of course the Bushies are completely stuck: if the Executive is in fact unitary, as ...

Ball In Obama’s Court On Rove’s US Attorney Testimony
The Hollywood Liberal — Ball In Obama’s Court On Rove’s US Attorney Testimony On the question of whether we’ll get to the bottom of the Bush White House’s role in the US Attorney firings, it’s starting to look more and more like the ball is squarely in President Obama’s court. Yesterday, as we… [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Specter Drops Opposition To Holder — Leahy Pleased It looks like Arlen Specter, the ranking GOPer on the Senate Judiciary committee, has decided to support Eric Holder’s nomination to be Attorney General after all, as Elana reports over at TPMDC. Specter has put up roadblocks to Holder’s confirmation… [image] [image] Conyers to Rove: ...