House Judiciary Subpanel Calls Bush Executive Privilege Claim on Miers Out of Order

Isn't the next step impeachment?:

A House panel cleared the way Thursday for contempt proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers after she obeyed President Bush and skipped a hearing on the firings of federal prosecutors.

Addressing the empty chair where Miers had been subpoenaed to testify, Rep. Linda Sanchez ruled out of order Bush's executive privilege claim that his former advisers are immune from being summoned before Congress.

We could be headed for anarchy in Washington. Much like what we are seeing in Iraq. Mr.Bush intends on digging in and fighting it out until the bitter end. And if means harming our, then so be it. Let them eat cake:

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said the White House "could not have picked worse ground" on which to fight executive privilege.

No president has gone as far as mounting a court fight to keep his aides from testifying on Capitol Hill, but court is just where the battle could end up absent the usual negotiated agreements of the past.