Subject: Re: Congressional Investigations Paper Topic
From: Carolyn Hart <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:20:09 -0500

Hi Professor,

I think there must be a mistake.  I sent you my paper topic last week, but on the schedule for paper meetings, it is marked that you did not receive my paper topic yet.

See below for the email chain about the topic.  Would you prefer a hard copy version that I can bring in for class on Monday?

Thanks,

Carolyn Hart

> On Feb 15, 2015, at 8:19 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Good area. We'll have a quick meeting to discuss.
> 
> JP
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> For scheduling: [email-masked]
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>> On Feb 14, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Carolyn Hart <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> 
>> Good morning,
>> 
>> I hope you are both enjoying the long weekend.  For my paper topic, I would like to write about the Senate and House hearings on the U.S. Attorney firings in 2007, and specifically the contempt of congress charges against Miers and Bolton by the House of Representatives. I would like to compare it to the more recent contempt of congress charges by the House against Eric Holder and Lois Lerner.  I became interested in the topic because in his book, Government by Investigation, Paul C. Light categorizes the US Attorney firing scandal investigations as "lightweight," and without much impact, in part because the investigations became so divided along partisan lines. This paper topic may overlap in part with the question about executive privilege, but I don't intend to examine it in my paper.  Please let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions for this topic.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Carolyn Hart
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Carolyn Hart
>> J.D. Candidate, 2015
>> Georgetown University Law School
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