Judge: FBI raid on lawmaker's office legal (Louisiana Democrat Rep. William Jefferson )

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/10/06 | Toni Locy - ap

[NormsRevenge]

FBI agents load the back of a minivan at the Rayburn House Office Building 'horseshoe' entrance on Capitol Hill in Washington after continuing their of the offices of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., in the May 21, 2006 file photo. Prosecutors and investigators building a bribery case against Jefferson have been unable to examine the documents and computer files seized in the search of Capitol Hill office. The materials were placed off limits for 45 days by President Bush, who decreed a cooling-off period after congressional leaders denounced the May 20-21 search as an unprecedented and unconstitutional intrusion on their turf by federal agents. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law."

Heh.

[eraser2005]

Beat me by seconds... :) I couldn't post my thread fast enough.. :P

[Michael.SF.]

This is headed to SCOTUS, which will buy the Dems enough time to relect this POS.

[jpl]

More importantly, when can we look forward to this guy Jefferson joining Duke Cunningham in prison?

[Onelifetogive]

The materials were placed off limits for 45 days by President Bush...

The fact that the "cooling-off" period put the issue 1 1/2 months closer to the fall elections is purely coincidental.....hehehehe!

[JerseyDvl]

I am pleasantly surprised that Senators are not above the common man's laws.

[NormsRevenge]

I had heard the news on bottom of the hour radio news, saw the ap pop up on yahoo and went to work soon as I saw it.

luck of the draw.. ;-)

[Media Cat]

Well strike one up for the rule of law.

[NormsRevenge]

The president's 45-day "cooling off period" ended Sunday ..

Let the examinations of the seized goods begin.. none has to this point.,, no appeal court will overturn this Judge .. adequate precautions have been taken..

Paging Nancy Pelosi.

Better Put some ice on it..

[lucky american]

They are elected by the People and for the People and they are subject to all the laws that apply to the People. They are not above the law. These guys are employed by us, use offices paid by us. What was so hard for the courts to figure out that they are not above the law! sarc off/
This was a big surprise coming from the courts.

[GoBucks2002]

Tonight would be a good time for law enforcement to hang around the House and Senate Office Buildings and see who is working late, running the shredders past their design capacities, and carrying lots of boxes out.

[jazusamo]

Good for Judge Hogan, at least there's one judge who gets it.

[livius]

LOL! Power surge at the Senate office building!

[Dog]

Excellent...

[Dog]

I can here the whining ...

This will have a chilling effect on us as we go about our duties as public servants..

/sarcasm!

[klute]

No suprise here since he signed the search warrant to search Jefferson's office. Let's hope the appeals turn out the same way.

[TheDon]

"The fact that some privileged material was incidentally captured by the search does not constitute an unlawful intrusion."

Ding! Ding! Ding!

[4yearlurker]

Wait a minute.....does the judge know that this particular congressman is a black Democrat? If he knows this then it is obvious that the judge is a racist. (sarcasm off now)