[Mad Mammoth]

18 USC 1505:
Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

That citation has as much weight now as statute law from the Weimar Republic.

[Defiant]

No, the law still exists, but only Democrat Presidents would think to use it to go snatch someone. The news would praise them to the heavens, while making fun of the "right wing extremists" if they opposed the President's action.

A Republican President protecting a citizen, meanwhile, would face months of outrage in the press and calls for impeachment. Imagine, for example, if Bush had killed 40 people in Waco, or snatched Elian so he could be sent to a dictatorship.