To: razorback-bert
First I have heard of this. Funny thing that.
Nearly every article I've read fails to mention that particularly salient little fact. The good Congresscritter defied a subpeona for 8 months.
If you or I tried that we'd be sitting in some Judges jail till we decided to comply with the Courts order.
L
9 posted on
05/27/2006 9:20:16 PM PDT by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: Lurker; razorback-bert
8 Months?
William Jefferson was clearly abusing his constitutional powers granted to him via the Speech & Debate clause.
11 posted on
05/27/2006 9:24:52 PM PDT by
TeleStraightShooter
(The Right To Take Life is NOT a Constitutional "Liberty" protected by the 14th Amendment)
To: Lurker
Commentators have fail to point out that a judge signed the warrant. It's two branches of government acting against a member of the third.
19 posted on
05/27/2006 9:31:03 PM PDT by
RedRover
To: Lurker; razorback-bert
24 posted on
05/27/2006 9:38:29 PM PDT by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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