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White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd
- trurl 15y agoSpineless.
- _pius 15y agoThe White House never comments substantively on ongoing DOJ investigations.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoIt sounds like they never comment on anything that has to do with criminal investigations. There is no implication that there is an active investigation.
- redthrowaway 15y agoThat would imply that there's an ongoing investigation, which seems vanishingly unlikely.
- cma 15y agoWait until you learn about the criteria DA's use for prosecuting drug offenders. Selective enforcement of the law is rampant and the Supreme Court has ruled statistical evidence of it is off the table: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow#Chapter_3:_The_Color_of_Justice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow#Chapter_3:_The...
- nextparadigms 15y agoSpineless only because Hollywood and the media are Obama's top donors in his re-election campaign and because he's putting RIAA lawyers in top Justice roles in his administration.
- phaus 15y agoWhile I sincerely hope that there is some thing that can be done about this situation, the white house is obligated to take a neutral stance. If the president stated that the guy should be investigated, his lawyers could claim that it is impossible for him to receive a fair trial in the U.S.
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- tres 15y agoDo you think the Whitehouse should start investigating people on the basis of a petition? Should the Whitehouse have anything to do with any investigation at all? You imply that it should by this thread. As if the Whitehouse should be manipulating the justice system to whatever your ends du jour are. It's a conflict of interest that the Whitehouse should be involved in any investigation. Maybe you don't realize that. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt although this thread smacks of half-baked bomb throwing and an implied guilt-by-association more appropriate for redstate or dailykos.
- gm 15y agoThe DOJ reports to the WH, so yes, law enforcement actions can certainly be initiated by the WH. The three branches of gov't are the executive, legislative, and the judicial branch. Law enforcement is under the executive, so it's entirely within the right (and obligation even) of the presidency. Maybe you're thinking of something like influencing judges, which certainly is a no-no.
- tres 15y agoI do understand the chain of command associated with the DOJ. What this article implies as well as your response is that the Whitehouse should be taking an active role in any matter of criminal investigation. Because the DOJ falls under the executive branch to fulfill its duties, doesn't mean that it's at the behest of the Whitehouse, nor should it. It's very disconcerting that anyone would think it should be.
- dpres 15y agoHere is a duplicate post that points to the slashdot story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3537862 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3537862