Accountability Returns to the USA?

A good example of Karl Rove's complete contempt for America

I try to teach my students that they are responsible for their actions. But teaching responsibility and accountability is difficult when these sixteen, seventeen and eighteen year old students have only known the politics of the last Bush Administration (they were about eight years old went George W "took" office). Well, responsibility and accountability maybe returning to our culture. This from Democracy Now!

The chair of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, has subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove to testify next week about the Bush administration’s firing of nine US attorneys and the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. This marks the second time Conyers has tried to get Rove to appear in connection with what he calls the Bush administration’s politicization of the Justice Department. But it remains unclear if Rove will be compelled to appear before the panel next week.

Rove previously refused to appear before the committee, contending that former presidential advisers cannot be compelled to testify before Congress. For more than a year, former president George W. Bush upheld Rove’s legal position. The White House’s assertion of executive privilege prompted Rove and other Bush aides to refuse even to show up for a hearing. A federal judge has since rejected that position. Karl Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, said he would consult with President Obama’s White House counsel to determine the Obama administration’s stance.

In a press release announcing the subpoena, Conyers was hopeful, saying, “Change has come to Washington, and I hope Karl Rove is ready for it. After two years of stonewalling, it’s time for him to talk."

Congressperson John Conyers, one of the few high level government officals actually doing their job for a better America