RE: Noteworthy News
October 22, 2021 at 6:00 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2021 at 6:01 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(October 22, 2021 at 5:46 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:(October 22, 2021 at 8:55 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Good for you. But you understand that - legally - Bannon can’t be arrested yet, right?
Boru
I don't understand (I'm Australian)
Here, he would be issued with summons or subpoena to appear in court. If he failed to show, then a warrant would be issued for his arrest.
I have known several lawyes socially. They all said some similar things. Two stick in my mind: we do not have justice system. We have a legal system. Sometimes justice is done and seen to be done. This is a matter of happy accident rather than design.
The other is never talk to the police without a lawyer----they are not your friends. Their job is to seek evidence for a conviction. It's not all that hard for an innocent person to incriminate him/herself .
There's a terrific set of (2) lectures given by a Harvard (?) Law professor I urge you to watch if you haven't seen it. Australia doesn't have bill of rights, but we do have the right to silence. Below part one. "In praise of the Fifth Amendment" One of the many points he makes is that contrary to popular belief, the Fifth Amendment is there to protect the innocent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
As I understand it, the US Congress works differently that the lower courts - Congress does not have the authority to issue arrest warrants (except to current members of the executive). This looks to be the process:
1) Bannon refused to answer the subpoena.
2) A committee held a hearing on whether to refer this to the full House as a criminal matter. They voted ‘yes’.
3) The House debated whether to pursue it and voted ‘yes’.
4) It was then referred to the attorney general who has to decide if it is serious enough to convene a Grand Jury. Don’t know if this has been decided.
5) The GJ will hear testimony and review evidence from both sides. If they decide it is merited, the presiding judge will issue an arrest warrant.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson