next move on the harriet miers contempt chess-board

you'll recall that she, in her
role as white house counsel (and
white house chief of staff josh bolten)
each simply "blew off" duly-issued sub-
poenas to testify before a congressional
committee -- pulled a no show, with-
out even the legally-required pre-
face of appearing, and asserting some
purported executive privilege. now,
speaker pelosi, chairman conyers, and
others, are making their next move:

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) referring the committee's contempt citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeffrey Taylor:

"Now that the Speaker has referred the contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten to U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor, I hope the Justice Department will put the partisan manipulation of our system of justice behind it, and follow its obligation to allow this matter to be addressed by a grand jury. To do otherwise would turn on its head the notion that we are all equally accountable under the law."

will the u.s. attorney, jeffrey taylor,
ever empanel a grand jury? we'll see.

i'd like to think mukasey will
follow the law -- we'll see.