The Bush administration is requesting a stay of the decision in the case of Committee on the Judiciary v. Miers.   Last week, a federal district court judge determined that the claim of executive privilege did not prevent high level staffers from testifying before Congress.  The Bush team is appealing -- as they try to run out the clock:

Despite a court ruling last week rejecting its claim of executive privilege, the White House still rebuffs congressional subpoenas for chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers.

The two on Thursday requested that federal District Judge John Bates stay the ruling until the case is appealed. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), White House counsel Fred Fielding said the administration would await the outcome of its appeal before “entertaining any requests for Mr. Bolten’s compliance with the Senate Judiciary subpoena.”

Fielding also noted that any request for testimony from former White House adviser Karl Rove would produce the same response.