Ok, Mr. President, release the goodies...

[Zeb_Carter]

OK, MR. PRESIDENT. RELEASE THE GOODIES

As soon as the FBI searched Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson's Washington office politicians started screaming bloody murder about the separation of powers. Americans were surprised to learn that equal treatment under the law meant that you couldn't serve a search warrant on an elected official in Washington --- even after you found $90,000 in cold hard cash in his freezer. President Bush pandered to this nonsense by ordering the Justice Department to make no use of the information seized in the raid for a specified period of time. Well, now we have a federal judge who has come to the astonishing conclusion that a proper search warrant can, indeed, be served on a Congressman. Let's see how quick Bush releases his hold on the information gathered. William Jefferson should be toast ... let's see how long it takes that sleaze ball to leave.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

His exit will be about as quick as Marion Barrys.

 

[Pure]

who turned up again, did he not?

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

I have always thought of the search as being a good example of checks and balances. The judiciary, after being shown probable cause, issued a search warrant and it was served by the executive branch on a member of the legislature. That is as it should be. The legislative branch cannot prevail over the other two branches.

I have no idea why the office of a member of Congress should be regarded as sancrosanct. Under certain, lmited circumstances, maybe. If he is a lawyer, and has some private clients, their records would be priveleged. If he is a member of the clergy, some things might be. Likewise if he is a physician. His refrigerator is not, though.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I have always thought of the search as being a good example of checks and balances. The judiciary, after being shown probable cause, issued a search warrant and it was served by the executive branch on a member of the legislature. That is as it should be. The legislative branch cannot prevail over the other two branches.

I have no idea why the office of a member of Congress should be regarded as sancrosanct. Under certain, lmited circumstances, maybe. If he is a lawyer, and has some private clients, their records would be priveleged. If he is a member of the clergy, some things might be. Likewise if he is a physician. His refrigerator is not, though.

The refrigerator was in his home, not his office.

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

The refrigerator was in his home, not his office.

In his home or his office, it was still fair game.

 

[JamesSD]

OK, MR. PRESIDENT. RELEASE THE GOODIES

As soon as the FBI searched Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson's Washington office politicians started screaming bloody murder about the separation of powers. Americans were surprised to learn that equal treatment under the law meant that you couldn't serve a search warrant on an elected official in Washington --- even after you found $90,000 in cold hard cash in his freezer. President Bush pandered to this nonsense by ordering the Justice Department to make no use of the information seized in the raid for a specified period of time. Well, now we have a federal judge who has come to the astonishing conclusion that a proper search warrant can, indeed, be served on a Congressman. Let's see how quick Bush releases his hold on the information gathered. William Jefferson should be toast ... let's see how long it takes that sleaze ball to leave.

Reminds me a lot of "Duke" Cunningham.

Get rid of him. The Democratic party is better than this.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

The Democratic party is better than this.

I hope that's true...

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

Reminds me a lot of "Duke" Cunningham.

Get rid of him. The Democratic party is better than this.

Hopefully, he will resign and not run for reelection. Remember, this is Louisiana, where describing a politician as crooked is redundant. They are all crooked, and the voters know it. They may vote him out because he was stupid enough to get caught, not because he is crooked.