[El Gato]

The object lesson is there. The King has no business in the House of the people. Unless invited in.

The President is not a King. He's an elected official just as much as is any Congressman or Senator. Unlike them, he's subject to term limits. Funny thing about that, when Congress (Republicans IIRC) was all hot to limit the terms of Presidents, they neglected to limit their own terms. In this case, as in so many others, sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander.

[acsrp38]

I know that, my analogy was to underscore the reason for Article I, Section 6. The history of the British using the power of the King to circumvent Parliament (ie Storming of Parliament by Charles I) and the local governments of some of the colonies.

I was trying to make the point that while this particular search was warranted, justified, and laudable, there have been, and possibly will be (hopefully not) Presidents who will use the slightest pretense to "spy" on Congress, and that eventually could really be disastrous. We have an honest and ethically President and AG. The most important thing is to keep it that way. When the cat is out of the bag, shut the back door.