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Contempt of Court: Does Criticism Lower the Authority of the Judiciary? The law punishing contempt of court leaves ample room for interpretation at the discretion of judges. Such discretion has the potential to be used to curb criticism of the judiciary. On 18 December 2020, the Supreme Court decided to proceed with the criminal contempt of court cases against stand-up comedian Kumal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja, and issued notices to both. The contempt proceedings against Kamra and Tan...

That a lot of these denials are participated, was so unusual the simply false and theyre an effort to mislead the public trump state department spoke up. about what the president and his democrats arent the only ones allies know occurred. and a lot of which is laid out in the mueller report. >> if i could just add another who noticed. point, the legal theory that the you know, the stuff they make roads out of which would seem white house has that anything a relevant to the portfolio of a private...

Eventually, the just have to get everyone in a room and have the documents either reviewed or reviewed by a smaller group and get it done. i dont think anyone wants to go to contempt case. >> harris: what happens in a contempt of congress case? >> nothing. eric holder was held in contempt and nothing happened because of course the only branch of government that can prosecute under contempt order is the executive branch. which is controlled by the president. >> harris: in that case. because they ...

Call for a conclusion of the russian investigation with full authorities and uninhibited access and then argue to shut down the investigation from the clinton period. i think the public wants to see the facts and they want to see it on both sides. >> sandra: according to one of the house staffers who backed up the original account of this happening, professor, they set it was a sustained attack and called it astonishing and disheartening. certainly so for the american people to find out this may...

Specific group of irs e-mails. they have gotten a ton but think these are the ones they need. there is a lot of pressure on this. >> congressional investigators are combing through thousands of pages looking at the material and more are expected as the top republicans call were for a deeper probe. >> the american people are not going to believe that no body is at fault and this was an accident and rogue people in cincinnati. >> reporter: with attorney general eric holder wanting to leave they ma...

Remember the governments botched gun running operation? >> but the guns they sent to track them down ended up getting a border agent killed. the justice department is being asked to explain as more arms are turning up. and a contempt case is moving forward. hi william. >> well martha you know we know what happened in fast and furious. now it is about who is responsible and holding them accountable. last year the house found holder in contempt. president obama stepped in and stopped them claiming...

>> that was what i wanted to ask you about. you have done the work tabulating where they are, are we seeing the fees go up quicker in states where we have seen deeper cuts in judicial systems? >> theres not a clear relationship in the data and trend, but there is a clear trend upward in terms of the activity. theyre becoming much more active as they feel the pressure whether its real or imagined. theres more activity from the court systems trying to sell the funds. >> there was concern about the...

Needs to be funded. and theyre looking for people to pay. they cant force the legislature, but they have every client in front of them. >> that was what i wanted to ask you about. you have done the work tabulating where these fees are. are we seeing them go up quicker in the states where we have seen deeper cuts in judicial systems? >> theres not a clear relationship in the data and trend, but there is a clear trend upward in terms of the activity. legislatures and court systems are becoming muc...

Tabulating where they are, are we seeing the fees go up quicker in states where we have seen deeper cuts in judicial systems? >> theres not a clear relationship in the data and trend, but there is a clear trend upward in terms of the activity. theyre becoming much more active as they feel the pressure whether its real or imagined. theres more activity from the court systems trying to sell the funds. >> there was concern about the overall legality of this. is this constitutional? >> it shouldnt b...