White House Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel on Legal Options?

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White House Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel on Legal Options?
By Kate Klonick - August 28, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/white_house_scraping_the_botto.php


Could the White House be getting desperate in its dramatic legal battle with the House Judiciary Committee? It certainly looks that way, as they scramble to delay Harriet Miers' congressional testimony after the court's recent denial of their request for a stay.

Yesterday, HJC Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) set Miers testimony for September 11, but the administration isn't going down without a fight ............

Yesterday, TPM's David Kurtz caught up with Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) at the Democratic National Convention and got his take on the new developments in the Miers case unfolding at the HJC.

Leahy made it clear that this battle wasn't just going to end in the event of an Obama presidency. "I remind them," he said, "I'll still be chairman next year."

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1. Conyers Sets Date for Production of US Attorney Documents

Conyers Sets Date for Production of US Attorney Documents
Zachary Roth - August 27, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/conyers_sets_date_for_producti.php


Yesterday, a District Court judge denied the White House's request for a stay on the Congressional testimony of Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten in the US attorney case.

Emboldened by that ruling, House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers (D-MI) announced in a press release this afternoon that his office has sent a letter to the White House setting a deadline of September 4 to comply with the judge's order to produce documents relating to the case. The letter also says that the date for Miers to appear at a hearing has been postponed until September 11. ..........

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2. yes senator leahy, yes