It comes as no surprise that House Speaker Hastert may challenge a recent court ruling sanctioning the FBI search of Rep William Jefferson’s house office.
From the onset Hastert has clung to the foolish notion that the FBI has no legal authority to execute search warrants on members of the Tub-o-lard class ruling class Congress. Hastert being of the opinion that the House is entitled to police itself with no external investigations from criminality being permitted.
A federal judge ruled that the search of Jefferson’s office was entirely above board. Indeed, as Judge Thomas Hogan noted, the objections to the search would be tantamount to creating zones in which crime could fester without fear of prosecution. Hastert’s assertion that House members are above the law simply because of their office, flies in the face of our Constitution and the spirit of representative government. The premise that separation of powers grants immunity from criminal investigations is without precedent or merit and has no legal basis as Hogan pointed out.
Members are bound by the same rules and legal restrictions as any citizen. To assert otherwise is to create a caste system within the United States. The executive branch is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the laws of this country. When that branch follows the established legal procedures to conduct criminal investigations, such as obtaining a search warrant, it goes without saying that such investigations should not be impeded by the nation’s ruling class in their insatiable lust for power and privilege.
According to his highness Hastert, the US Justice Department cannot “randomly and wantonly” search lawmakers’ offices. The search of Jefferson’s office, however, was neither wanton nor random. What is wanton and random however, is Hastert cherry picking method of defending the rights of congressmen while ignoring the Constitution, where was Hastert’s outrage when the Kelo decision was handed down? A fair weather patriot such as Hastert is no patriot at all and an enemy to the Constitution, such as Hastert and company should be hastily removed from power.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4066009.html
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