Democrats to Goodling: Testify« Thread Started on Apr 6, 2007, 3:47am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Congressional Democrats to Goodling: TestifyPosted by Peter Lattman Can someone take the Fifth in response to questions about why they took the Fifth? Some House Democrats are not happy that Monica Goodling, the aide to AG Gonzales who refused to testify in a public hearing on the U.S. Attorney mess, and they want to question her to evaluate the legality of her taking the Fifth. Here’s the story from the NYT; click here, here and here for background on Goodling. “We are concerned that several of the asserted grounds for refusing to testify do not satisfy the well established bases for a proper invocation of the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination,” said a letter from House Judiciary chair John Conyers. “The Fifth Amendment privilege, under longstanding Supreme Court precedents, does not provide a reason to fail to appear to testify; the privilege must be invoked by the witness on a question-by-question basis.”read at source> http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/04/04/con ... ----------