so now a republican(Libby)claims CONSTITUTIONAL rights violated

[dajoki]

I thought they threw that document away, well I guess not for their own, just for the rest of the country.
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AP
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11525309

Attorneys want Libby charges thrown out
They say prosecutor in CIA leak case doesn't have proper authority

Updated: 3:24 p.m. ET Feb. 23, 2006

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Vice President Cheney’s former top aide asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss his indictment because the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case lacked authority to bring the charges.

In a court filing, lawyers for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby said his indictment violates the Constitution because Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald was not appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate.

The defense attorneys also said Fitzgerald’s appointment violates federal law because his investigation was not supervised by the attorney general. They said only Congress can approve such an arrangement.

“Those constitutional and statutory provisions have been violated in this case,” Libby’s lawyers wrote.

Fitzgerald was appointed in December 2003 after former Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the investigation because of his close relationships with White House officials. Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, acting in Ashcroft’s place in the matter, selected Fitzgerald.

[thinkingwoman]

1. If that was anywhere close to true

Libby's lawyers would have lead with this months ago.

More BS.

[dajoki]

2. it would have never happened n/t

[0007]

3. Ain't that a joke of all joke? The scooter is sputtering and choking

and choking and choking. The little two-bit crock suckers just lives the spot light, 'eh?

[Morning Dew]

4. we don't need no steeenking constitution

“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”

[depakid]

5. They're ALWAYS like that

Despite working tirelessly to take everyone else's rights away- and allow corporations to abuse people without any accountability, whenever something happens to them, they never fail to cry the loudest.

It's pathetic- but I've seen it so many times over the years that I've come to expect it.