By Richard E Walrath

What does it mean to be in contempt of Congress?  I mean, what can they do to you if you are this president?  Congress has subpoenaed Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, and Bush has ordered them not to appear.

Congress can go to court in the hope of getting an order telling them they must appear before Congress.  But a right-wing judge of which there are many appointed in the last six years may rule in favor of Bush.  If not, the case will end up in the Supreme Court if there is still enough time left, and we all know in advance how this Supreme Court would rule. 

There was a time in this country when the New York Times, all by itself, could have stirred the country with an editorial denouncing such defiance of the Constitution.

But that was before the Bush war in Iraq.