Meanwhile, elsewhere in Washington

Let's see what happens regarding this development:

The House on Wednesday voted to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt for her refusal to answers questions about the agency's conservative-targeting scandal.

Lois Lerner headed the agency's Exempt Organizations division when it controversially targeted conservative nonprofit groups applying for tax-exempt status. But she has repeatedly refused to answer questions when called before Republican-led House committees investigating the scandal, citing her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and avoid self-incrimination.

The GOP-run House, along a partisan-line vote of 231-187, passed a resolution holding her in contempt of Congress for not cooperating with the committees. Only six Democrats voted in support of the charge, while no Republicans voted against it.

The ball is now in Eric Holder's court. By the way, Eric Holder is currently in contempt of Congress as well, so I'm betting that he won't exert himself too much to make sure that Lerner is prosecuted.

We can boil these questions down to a pretty basic constitutional one -- does Congress have the right of oversight over the Executive branch? Such oversight is not specifically outlined in the Constitution, but it's been standard procedure in Washington for over 200 years. Maybe we're past that now.