Can Congress Fire Karl Rove?

[BeliQueen]

Is is possible for Karl Rove to be fired by Congress because he poses a threat to democracy and national security as is evident by his apparent role in most of the recent scandals?

Could they make a provision that says he is not to contact or be in contact with the president or any governmental agency or official either directly or indirectly? And then make it a Federal offense if he violates this order with a hefty fine ($400 million) and a nice jail sentence (5-10 years maximum security prison).

Any legal scholars who can say if this is a feasible idea or is it just wishful thinking?

[acmavm]

1. Fire him from what? What's the criminal bastard's job? I didn't

know that 'Traitor' came with a job description.

[southerncrone]

2. Saw today they listed him as Deputy Chief of Staff on one of the news channels. I can't tell you

which one, but it was either CNN or MSNBC. I switch back & forth between them. I was surprised, because they usually just refer to him as "a presidential adviser".

[acmavm]

3. Well, with the kind of advice he gets from Turdblossom, he'd

be better off kicking the fat assed weasel out of OUR White House.

[peacetalksforall]

8. When the leak speculation was sizzling and Rove had just come

back from about his fifth trip in front of the Grand Jury, we were told that he was now in a different position with a different title and the impression was that he would move into his new job soon. I remember the job as RNC related. There were plenty of posts asking why he was still in the WH. I think they must have changed his legal obligation / protection / vulnerability status somehow, but from what to what?

[onenote]

4. nope -- what you are proposing would be an illegal bill of attainder

[Benhurst]

6. Probably, but who knows anymore now that the Constitution

has been shredded and the Magna Carta thrown down the crapper.

[onenote]

10. Its probably better to refer to the writ of habeas corpus rather than the magna carta

Most of the Magna Carta was repealed under English law years ago. And parts of it quite deservedly so.

[Benhurst]

12. Yeah, but the Magna Carta strikes an emotional chord with most Americans,

whereas the writ of habeas corpus is generally misunderstood.

[Dhalgren]

5. No, Congress cannot fire a member of the President's staff.

They can show him guilty of crimes in a public investigation/hearing and hand his ass over to the cops, they can do that.

[BeliQueen]

9. yeah yeah yeah

Let's call for that. What do we need to do to help that along?

Who do I write with that suggestion?

[Dhalgren]

11. The Senate is working up to issuing a subpoena for Fats Rove right now.

And the House may demand he testify, as well. Stay tuned, it might just get interesting...

[Labors of Hercules]

13. Or they could hire my cousin Guido

to take him out back and beat the shit out of him. :hurts:

[Dhalgren]

14. Best idea I have heard, yet!

[NashVegas]

7. No. But I Do Think He Can Be Rebuked

Not sure though.

[Eurobabe]

16. Whaddya want from KKKarl, he's already RePuked!

[meldroc]

15. No. Rove's not a member of the Cabinet.

He's a pure Executive Branch employee, answerable solely to Bush. He wasn't confirmed by Congress, and Congress has no say about his continued employment.

Congress, however, can subpoena him, force him to testify under oath, subpoena his papers, and investigate, investigate, investigate until the stink of the scandals he's involved in is so bad Bush is forced to fire him. Kind of like the position Gonzales is in right now.

[valerief]

17. I thought his job was Official Presidential Groupie. nt

[3waygeek]

18. Some months ago, John Conyers

asked the Congressional Research Service if Rove could be impeached. Does anyone here know if he got an answer to that question?