Issa Subpoenas Internal NLRB Documents in the Middle of Litigation
Aug 11, 2011 10:24 Filed in: Politics
According to In These Times, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has issued a subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board for internal Commission documents dealing with its ongoing action against Boeing. A subpoena issued in the middle of litigation for materials that the judge denied to Boeing clearly constitutes an interference in the commission’s work, as it would reveal the government’s legal strategy in an ongoing case.
Could it be that Issa wants to make sure that Boeing has access to materials that the judge denied it? Imagine the howl that would have arisen if the committee had subpoenaed documents revealing Boeing’s legal strategy. Apparently these modern Republicans will stop at nothing to get their way, which in this case means crushing a labor union. Boeing recently moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago, a great way to get some distance from the workers that actually make the planes.
Ironically, Issa will be forced to duel with the NLRB over a subpoena after the Bush administration’s precedent of refusing to obey inconvenient subpoenas from committees of the previous Democratically-controlled Congress. Is there a distinction between Democratic and Republican-controlled committees such that only subpoenas from the latter need be obeyed?
Issa Subpoenas NLRB, Solomon Could Face Contempt of Congress Charges
Could it be that Issa wants to make sure that Boeing has access to materials that the judge denied it? Imagine the howl that would have arisen if the committee had subpoenaed documents revealing Boeing’s legal strategy. Apparently these modern Republicans will stop at nothing to get their way, which in this case means crushing a labor union. Boeing recently moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago, a great way to get some distance from the workers that actually make the planes.
Ironically, Issa will be forced to duel with the NLRB over a subpoena after the Bush administration’s precedent of refusing to obey inconvenient subpoenas from committees of the previous Democratically-controlled Congress. Is there a distinction between Democratic and Republican-controlled committees such that only subpoenas from the latter need be obeyed?
Issa Subpoenas NLRB, Solomon Could Face Contempt of Congress Charges
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