The Hill reports that Senator Leahy has issued a subpoena for Karl Rove’s emails:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a subpoena Wednesday for all e-mails from White House adviser Karl Rove that relate to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

"Attached please find a subpoena compelling the Department by May 15 to produce any and all emails and attachments to emails to, from, or copied to Karl Rove related to the Committee’s investigation into the preservation of prosecutorial independence and the Department of Justice’s politicization of the hiring and firing and decision-making of United States Attorneys, from any (1) White House account, (2) Republican National Committee account, or (3) other account, in the  possession, custody or control of the Department of Justice," Leahy said in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Somewhere, either here or on Iraq, I suspect we will face a major battle between the White House and Congress regarding the power of Congress to obtain information from the Executive Branch. I hope the Democrats in Congress don’t give up on this, having the ultimate power of the purse to deny funds to those who believe that they do not have to submit to Congressional oversight.