So if a congressman has a bomb in his office, the FBI can't investigate? Talk about twisting the
constitution.
That is a complete misinterpretation of the Constitution.
--- Ed Leafe <ed /AT/ leafe .DO.T com> wrote:
> On May 31, 2006, at 9:37 AM, stephen.russell@adribbers.com wrote:
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> > Notice that nobody on the hill is comming to the goverments aid and
> > saying that it was OK to search the office and find 90,000 in COLD
> > cash.
> >
> > The man ignored his summons. I say you who make the laws are not
> > above
> > them.
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> I agree that the guy certainly looks like a crook. But there's that
> pesky Constitution thing, with its quaint "separation of powers" notion.
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> Nobody disagrees with the action to pursue a crook. What was the
> problem was that agents of the Executive Branch invaded the offices
> of the Legislative Branch. They didn't bother to notify the
> congressional leadership in advance. It would be akin to a
> congressional committee investigating the President just sending
> armed men into the White House to seize documents they needed.
>
> -- Ed Leafe
> -- http://leafe.com
> -- http://dabodev.com
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