They often seem to hold in contempt participants in distressed funds that are seeking information regarding their endangered retirement assets, as well as a voice in determining how these assets are handled.
On January 23, 2012, doing its best imitation of Inspector Javert and after learning that Douglas had returned to the U.S., the SEC filed a Motion for a Rule to Show Cause and for an Order of Civil Contempt, requesting that the Court hold Douglas in contempt for a second time.
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They were urging the judge to hold her in contempt for violating a gag order.
And the reason that the citizenry hold politicians in contempt is what pray?
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Grassley said any accusation of political motivation is "baseless, " and he listed his attempts during the Bush administration to subpoena records or hold officials in contempt.
And all 10 voted to hold Holder in contempt.
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Absent a stay, "we will want to go back to court as quickly as possible and ask the judge to hold them in contempt, " said Janet Crepps, a senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights.
If the full House, as is likely, now votes to hold Mr Holder in contempt, it will in theory fall to federal prosecutors to bring him into line.
How long can a senate majority leader hold his political opponents in contempt?
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However, Burton, Reno and Freeh all appear to be downplaying the possibility of a showdown, despite a threat from some GOP members to hold Reno and Freeh in contempt of Congress if the memo is not supplied.
Altmire, who lost a primary battle to colleague Rep. Mark Critz after redistricting landed the pair in the same district, told O'Brien that he voted in favor of contempt because it was consistent with his vote to hold Bush administration White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt in 2008.
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The move would mirror a similar walkout by House Republicans in 2008, when Democrats, who then controlled the House, voted to hold two top Bush Administration officials in contempt of Congress.
On the same day that SCOTUS declined to overturn Obamacare, Congress voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to turn over documents requested by a congressional oversight committee.
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Justifiably outraged, Jonesfilm moved to hold Hoffman and Seven Arts Pictures in contempt of court for failing to comply with the charging orders (which would have intercepted distributions to Hoffman and Seven Arts Pictures).
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If she chose to, she could hold his joy, his childishness, in contempt.
The Wales internationals will report to their Vale of Glamorgan HQ on Monday after Lewis threatened the regions they "would be in contempt of court" if they attempted to hold back their stars.
They note that President George W. Bush's Justice Department refused to take any action after a Democratic-controlled House voted in early 2008 to hold then-White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt for actions relating to the controversial dismissal of several U.S. prosecutors.
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