Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_TROOPERGATE?SITE=MIDTN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 

I thought you are a law and order man. Where is your respect for the law? Now these people are really in a bind, decide whether to be in contempt of the law, or fired for being disloyal to Palin by honoring the court order.

 

Subpoens are legal documents, thus to defy them is to be in contempt of the court. Individuals do not issue subpoenas,

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subpoena

A subpoena is not issued by the investigator, it is issued by the court, thus it is always legal. I am surprised you have such little respect for the law.

 

Of course the governor would say this, the investigation is about her. But she has no legal grounds to stand on in this case. She is simply sending a message, "You'd better show your loyality by standing with me and being in contempt of court or you will be fired. Remember what happened to others who were not loyal."

It is the governor who has placed them in this untenable position. Another example of her having a temperment unfit for being VP.

 

The words 'false subpoena' is an oxymoron. It is impossible. The Democrat did not issue the subpoenas. He requested them and the court approved them, making them legal documents. Palin has placed state employees in an impossible position. This shows she has no respect for the law ... as was already indicated by other actions she has taken in the past. This is beginning to sound very much like the defense Nixon tried to use. It didn't work then and will not work now.

I am still surprised that you have so little respect for the law.

 

Who is lieing. You are the one who says they should defy the law. The supoena is a legal court order to appear and testify. A supoena cannot be illegal. The reasons for its being issued can be qustioned, but the document itself is legal and an order. For you to argue otherwise either shows a complege lack of respect for the law or ignorance of law and supoenas.

You are displaying a typical fundamentalist and so called conservative attitude. Obey the law when it fits my idea of the world. If it does not fit what I preach it is wrong and should not be obeyed. This is a very unethical position to take.

Desperate? Not at all. McCain is out out to destroy America. Obama is not out to destroy America. We will survive either. I am not sure we can survive Palin, who is more of a G. Bush than G. Bush is. If McCain is elected I pray that he survive his term in office. We should pray for the welfare of any person elected.

Regardless of whether the judge is right or wrong, whether he/she issued the supoenas for the right or wrong reasons is beside the point. The subpoena is a legal document and to refuse to honor it is to be in contempt ... and shows a lack of respect for the law.

 

An another cow flew by.

 

Gpreacher, Thank you for your addition to this thread. I appreciate your correction. It should be interesting to watch as this whole think unfolds.

Howeve it is not just Democrats who voted for the investigation.

http://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/p/1131/09-16-2008/20080916035010_16.html

As you see that 8 Republicans voted for the investigation and only four Democrats. So to say that it is a Democratic smear tactic is not quite right. The investigative council is made up of 10 Republicians and 4 Democrats ... so I do not see how you can day it is ... as in your words.

If there is nothing there why is she fighting it so? Why is the McCain campaign trying to kill it? Seems to be a lot of smoke here and you know the old saying, "Where there is smoke there ................................"

 

Hmmm, them Dems are tough ... convinced twice their number of Republicians to vote to investigate Palin.

Rev, you are really a closet liberal on quite a number of issues. Liberal in the sense you like to damn others about.