Constitutional Crisis? What Constitution???

Then there is this little item that keeps raising its ugly head:

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is urging a former White House political director to ignore a subpoena and not testify before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors, her lawyer says.

The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to hear from Sara Taylor at its hearing Wednesday and she is willing to talk. Testifying, however, would defy the wishes of the president, “a person whom she admires and for whom she has worked tirelessly for years,” lawyer W. Neil Eggleston said.

Eggleston stated, in a letter this weekend to committee leaders and White House counsel Fred Fielding, that Taylor expects a letter from Fielding asking her not to comply with the subpoena.

And you thought the issue of the US attorney firings was going to disappear? Nope.

Once again the White House hides behind "executive privilege". Don't get me wrong, "executive privilege" might very well be a necessary and tenable position. However, the situation changes when "executive privilege" is always used as a cover-up for executive malfeasance. This administration has absolutely no credibility to assert any privilege, real or imagined, which prevents the thorough examination of its actions.