My email to Speaker Hastert:
Speaker Hastert: It is with great dismay that I read your comments regarding the FBI search of Rep. William Jefferson's Congressional office. As a former attorney, I can comfortably say that your citation of the Separartion of Powers principle is misplaced, as the clauses in the Constitution regarding that principle have to do with governance, legislation and official powers and limits of each branch. No Constitutional clause or line of interpretive cases insulates a man from criminal investigation and all the law enforcement powers that are duly granted to the executive branch. In short, no man is above the law.
On a more practical level, it is this sense of entitlement and privilege exercised by members of both houses of Congress that have turned off voters of all political persuasions. Although I am a registered Republican, my disguest with the Republican Congress and its deaf ear towards the party rank and file grows every day. It is almost enough to make a voter want to stay home in November.
Doug Freret
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Thanks for sending it.
Good message.