contempt
kuhn tempt
- n lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
he was held in contempt - n a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- n open disrespect for a person or thing
- n a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- The House Judiciary Committee voted to seek contempt citations over the aides refusal to cooperate in an inquiry into the firing of federal prosecutors.
- So the other, or at least next, shoe has dropped in the Alberto Gonzales hearings, with the House Judiciary Committee voting "to seek contempt of Congress citations against .
- Congresss inherent contempt powers are not limitless.