The  US Department of Justice has filed a motion with the federal court  overseeing the Contempt of Congress Citation against Attorney General  Eric Holder asking the court to throw out the case brought by the US  House of Representatives.

According  to the DOJ filing, Justice contends that the court should not be  involved in settling a "political" dispute between the other 2 co-equal  branches of government. In essence the DOJ contends that it is not the  venue of the Judiciary Branch to be the arbitrator between the Executive  and Legislative Branches.

But  that's exactly the way the US Constitution set up the checks and  balances we have with our republican form of government. The DOJ is in  error, in my opinion, to say the Judiciary has no business butting into a  conflicting point of view of the other 2 branches of government.

The  Contempt of Congress Citation against Holder came about after President  Barack Obama claimed executive privilege in regard to documents in the  Fast & Furious scandal. That scandal erupted after a US border agent  was killed by a weapon allowed to "walk" by ATF agents in Arizona. The  program has since been discontinued.

A  congressional oversight committee attempted to learn how the failed  program was operated and who knew what and when. The committee hit a  brick wall when the President exerted executive privilege. In an  unprecedented move, the full House of Representatives voted, mostly  along party lines, to cite, for the first time in American history, a  sitting Attorney General for Contempt of Congress.

The  Justice Department declined to prosecute the criminal charge  associated, as was expected. For anyone to have believed that the DOJ  would file charges against its boss must live in LaLa Land.  Subsequently, the House voted to pursue civil contempt charges against  Holder in federal court.

It is doubtful that the court will grant the DOJ motion and dismiss the case.

From  the Cornfield, while resolution of this case may very well not be known  until well into the term of the next president, be it the President  being re-elected or Mitt Romney wresting the keys to the White House,  the American people deserve to see this case adjudicated to the end,  whether the court agrees with Congress or the Executive Branch.

http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/16/justice-dept-seeks-dismissal-of-fast-furious-lawsuit