re: #310 Old Liberal

Point 4. I’m not familiar with that, sounds shitty. I’ll check it out.

Regarding inherent contempt: I’m not sure what the issue really is, but I have my theories. The last time Congress has used this vehicle was 1935. Nobody in living memory has seen one of these. So, honest questions: who delivers these? The Capitol Police? The US Marshalls, who report to the DOJ? And when the recipient, or more likely a government guard or other official, gets this funny piece of paper and says get lost, what is going to happen? Is there an enforcement mechanism coded into law to take them into custody wherever they are?

I don’t think these are insoluble problems, but if it requires new funding or new litigation, it’s never going to get past the Senate.

And if you’re asking me whether our federal system is broken and not fit for purpose, the answer is hell yes.