I know I am a little late to this story, but I was really busy yesterday. We all remember the U.S. Attorney firings, and the firestorm it justifyably created. Of course, nobody ever had to answer for it under the previous administration because it seems nobody in that administration ever paid for anything.

But now that adminisration has ended. Executive priviledge no longer applies. However, despite the change brought about by the last election one thing hasn't changed. Karl Rove still thinks he is above the law. He thinks that the laws that apply to us don't apply to him:

Former Bush adviser Karl Rove was a no-show today at his scheduled deposition deadline for the House Judiciary Committee's ongoing probe into the U.S. attorney firings -- setting up a major decision for President Obama on how to respond to congressional subpoenas.

Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) subpeonaed Rove to find out what he knows about the Dec. 2006 firings which eventually toppled former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0209/Rove_skips_House_Judiciar...

If you recieve a subpoena you are expected to go to court. I had a friend whose truck was stolen and was subpoenaed to go to court and testify. On the day of the trial, my friend went but did not stay until his case was called. Two days later a Policeman was at his door taking him to jail for a bench warrant although unlike Karl Rove he had not initially broken any law. In fact, he was a victim of a crime. Sort of like Valerie Plame.

The culture of criminality of the last administration made men like Karl Rove feel they are better than the rest of us, and indeed above the law:

When Rove was subpoenaed in 2007, President Bush asserted "absolute immunity" for his top aides, refusing to allow them even to appear before a congressional panel. House Democrats eventually sued, and won an initial legal victory. The Bush White House, through the Justice Dept., appealed the ruling, and when Bush left office in January 2009, the case was still undecided.

Just as in the case of Scooter Libby, Rove, Cheney and the rest of the neo-facist wing of the Republican Party believe that their crimes should remain unpunished. Now, they are actually appealling to Obama to make sure that they continue to be:

White House Counsel Greg Craig has urged the two sides to cut a deal, but Rove and his attorney, Robert Luskin, have kicked it back to the White House, saying it is up to them to assert executive privilege or not.

So the next big development will occur on March 4, when the Obama administration is scheduled to file a motion in federal appeals court laying out its position on the issue.

To me, this is a HUGE decision for President Obama. Nobody should be above the law for any reason, and I hope President Obama will do the right thing. It will go a long way in restoring the American people's confidence in their government if our new President makes it clear that everyone is subject to the same laws, and that nobody in this country is bigger than the law, or better than someone else. I beg President Obama to do the right thing and hold Karl Rove accountable just like the rest of us are every day. If not, Democracy in this country has truly become a farce.