[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?

[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.

[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)

[Neoliberalnot]

Imagine that. The senator is not above the law.

[Roberts]

"The raid on Jefferson's office angered members of Congress, some of whom threatened to retaliate by tinkering with the FBI and Justice Department budgets."

How do we find out who the goons are who have "threatened to retaliate by tinkering with the FBI and Justice Department budgets"? A pox on all of their houses.

[bikerman]

But! He`s a Democrate they cant do that. The horror of it all.

[doug from upland]

Raid every one of them.

[HAL9000]

U.S. District Court Opinion -

In the Matter of the Search of: RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
Misc. No. 2006-0231
Memorandum Opinion issued July 10, 2006 by Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan
Order issued July 10, 2006 by Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan

[no dems]

Now Nancy Pelosi and DENNIS HASTERT do the following:

Nancy: Shut your surgically altered mouth.

Denny: Shut your big, fat hog jowls you oinker.

[NewYorker]

Jefferson had sought the return of several computer hard drives, floppy disks and two boxes of paper documents...

I'll just bet.

[CindyDawg]

Has there been power outages in Washington yet?

[OldFriend]

I initially called Hastert's office and let him know that I thought he had lost all moral authority on any issue.

What a disgrace. These politicans forget they're working for us and not working to be part of the 'klub'.