Obama’s EO may give us access to evidence Bush has been withholding. But it won’t give us everything we need to ensure proper oversight of any and all presidential administrations.

Poor George Bush. Those mean Democrats are preventing him from fulfilling his duty to archive the evidence of his crimes.

Sounds like John Bates wants to make sure his order giving HJC the documents pertaining to the US Attorney firings goes into effect sooner rather than later.

Chairman Conyers isn’t all that satisfied with the outcome of the US Attorney investigation last Congress. So, he put a little present for Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten in the rules that just passed to make sure he can still get their testimony in this Congress.

And guess what? He included Karl Rove in there, too!

Harriet Miers just got one step closer to a date with HJC: Judge Bates denied the White House request for a stay of his order requiring her to

Like Pat Leahy did last night, John Conyers takes a victory lap after yesterday’s ruling that Miers and Bolten don’t have absolute immunity.

Judge Bates just issued his opinion in the Miers and Bolten contempt case–and he ruled in favor of the House. Miers will have to appear and Bolten will have to turn over the documents.

This also means Rove will have to appear, as Bates threw out the notion of “absolute immunity.”

I’ll have more shortly.

Why did Harriet warn Scottie (though he already knew) that Rove’s involvement in the Plame leak was about to become public in July 2005?

Since Karl Rove won’t come before House Judiciary Committee and say, under oath, what he has been blabbing all over the news, John Conyers has decided to force him (well, we’ll see) to do so via subpoena.

Why is it that all the top lawyers that have left the Bush Administration of late have such a tough time finding a job?