House Judiciary Committee: Please Approve Immunity for Monica Goodling
We are very, very excited. The magnificent Monica Goodling, the former Justice Department lawyer involved in the controverisal U.S. Attorney firings, may be coming to our living room!
Alas, Goodling won't be visiting us in person (although we hereby issue her a standing invitation). But we're hopeful that she'll be appearing on our television, via C-SPAN, in the near future. From Fox News:
The House Judiciary Committee is set to vote on whether to grant Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former counsel immunity from prosecution and force her to testify about the firings of eight federal prosecutors."I am hopeful we can approve immunity so that we can schedule her to testify as soon as possible and begin to clear up the many inconsistencies and gaps surrounding this matter," Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said in a statement Tuesday.
A two-thirds vote of the panel is required to approve the resolution, which would direct the House counsel to apply to U.S. District Court for a grant of immunity for Monica Goodling, Conyers' statement said.
We urge the House Judiciary Committee to approve immunity, so Monica Goodling can be beamed into the homes of millions of Americans.
Meanwhile, in other Goodling-related news, one of you drew our attention to an interesting article about her alma mater, Regent University School of Law. It's a bit dated, but there's a hook: it's by Charlie Savage, who just won a Pulitzer for his coverage of President Bush's use of signing statements. Congratulations, Charlie!
It's an excellent read. Here are the last two paragraphs:
One third-year [Regent law] student, Chamie Riley, said she rejected the idea that any government official who invokes her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination could be a good representative of Regent.As Christians, she said, Regent students know "you should be morally upright. You should not be in a situation where you have to plead the Fifth."
Bite your tongue, Chamie Riley! You are not fit to hold Monica Goodling's red Solo cup.
House Panel to Vote on Immunity for Gonzales Aide, Monica Goodling [Fox News]
Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school [Boston Globe]
Earlier: Prior (adoring) ATL coverage of Monica Goodling (scroll down)
(13) Comments
a fantastic clip from Bill Maher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sNJhphi7U
Lat - you should really post this one
Have to put in another plug for Charlie -- he did a 1-year Knight Fellowship at Yale Law, where he met his fabulous now-wife, another Knight fellow.
flush these cross-worshipping christian FREAKS down the fucking toilet where they belong. they don't belong anywhere near our highest levels of government.
Yea, even did her companions deny her three times during her darkest hour.
wow, Lat is still fascinated with Goodling despite the barrage of comments critical of her diva-status on his last post on her.
David, your fetish with Goodling has moved from being quasi-cute (in the way your admiration for, say, Judge Kozinski, is dorky-cute, as with other legal superstars) to being discrediting on your part. For someone like you who seems so fixated on resume credentials, good taste, and classiness, you've failed to notice that Goodling has none of those (she graduated from Regent; look at her hair in the picture you use of her - how early 90's; and she's holding a red plastic cup, for chrissake - are we still a sorority girl in college?). Get a clue, Lat!
The possibility of immunity for Goodling begs the question.... Why wasn't this contemplated more for Sampson. Are Sampson and his lawyer kicking themselves for not holding out for immunity, when it appears now that congress may have indeed given it to him? Hmmm.....
4:42: After all the controversy and commotion over this woman, even I am curious to find out what she looks and sounds like in person.
4:47: The sense I get is that Sampson would never have invoked the Fifth. He seems like a pretty stand-up guy.
4:42 - It's IRONIC!!!!
5:24 - What's so non-stand up about invoking the Fifth? Protecting yourself from federal prosecution has little to do with the content of your character.
4:47 begs the question: Why don't people know how to use "begs the question" these days?
Who gives a fuck?
is there another picture of this woman? she looks like a bloated she-beast with bad hair and a make-up kit provided by crayola!
I don't understand. I thought her (bogus) objection was based on a theory that she may fall into a perjury trap. But typical immunity deals do not protect from subsequent perjury charges.
Why does Monica deserve diva status for hiding behind a totally bogus theory of Fifth Amendment privilege?