Contempt of Congress

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Yoo: " -- given the advice that the president could bury somebody alive."

Conyers: "I didn't ask you if you ever gave him advice. I asked you, do you think the president could order a suspect buried alive."

Yoo: "Mr. Chairman, my view right now is that I don't think a president would -- no American president would ever have to order that or feel it necessary to order that. "

Conyers: "I think we understand the games that are being played. OK. Now, let me turn to Attorney Addington. . . . Do you feel that the unitary theory of the executive allows the president to do things over and above the stated law of the land?"

Addington: "The Constitution binds all of us, Congressman, the president, all of you as members of Congress, all of the federal judges. We all take an oath to support and defend it. I, frankly, don't know what you mean by unitary theory of government. I don't have -- "

Conyers: "Have you ever heard of that theory before?"

Addington: "Oh, I have. I've seen it in the newspapers all -- "

Conyers: "Do you support it?"

Addington: "I don't know what it is."

Conyers: "You don't know what it is."

Addington: "No, and it's always described as something Addington's a great advocator of -- "

Conyers: "You're telling me -- "

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