» [The US] Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
- the linked-to paper (pdf) is from the Congressional Research Service via this
- this will be of interest mainly to lawyers, historians and political scientists, but its subject does have the potential to blow up into big news in the next little while
- whether it does blow up up will almost inevitably depend, not on matters of high political principle, as the actors will insist, but on assessments as to whether partisan political advantage will be gained by taking a particular stance
- the image above from here is of Mae West; it’s said here that in My Little Chickadee, the following exchange occurred between a judge and Mae West’s character:
Judge: Are you trying to show *contempt* for this court?
Flower Belle: No… I’m doin’ my best to *hide* it!
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