State law actually prohibits serving members of the legislature while they are in session. Section 29-1-7 of the Alabama Code protects members from this kind of action by U.S. Marshals yesterday. In fact, the Marshals could have violated this law by their disruption of the session and have been charged with a misdemeanor...
"If Republican operatives had any advance knowledge of yesterday's serving of subpoenas at the Statehouse, they should have to testify before Congress under oath." Spearman concluded.
Exactly. This is a subpoena to appear before a grand jury (and strangely, for quite a few Democratic state legislators). This is NOT a failure to comply with a subpoena (like Miers, Rove, and Bolton have done). So why were US Marshals used as part of this spectacle and on whose authority?
She goes on to conclude:
Once again I ask, why are Democrats the target of these investigations? Where the hell is Congress? When will these police-state tactics be enough finally? Or do we just wait for the rest of the brown shirts to arrive?
Time to head to Alabama folks, a state in our union that appears to be under siege.
I am not a Democrat. But I am an American. Are you?
And see this August 24, 2007 Democracy Now! Interview with Scott Horton: Political Prosecution? Justice Dept Holds onto Docs in Case of Jailed Alabama Governor Siegelman
Time to take action.
