[Congressman Billybob]

This decision was no surprise to me. When I was in high school, the step-father of a classmate was indicted, tried and convicted of bribery. He was Senator Daniel Brewster from Maryland.

Brewster took his case to the Supreme Court. And they turned away his challenge, based on the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution. The reasoning was rock solid. The freedom to speak and debate does not include the freedom to take bribes in return for corrupt acts as a Member of Congress.

The Brewster case is still good law. Rep. Jefferson is toast.

P.S. Interested in a Freeper in Congress? Keep in touch with me.

Congressman Billybob

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[DB]

Hastert was my biggest disappointment through this whole affair. Incredibly stupid OpEd he wrote basically demanding they were above the law.

[muawiyah]

Billybob, as Billybob 9 might even note, the Senator Brewster case was fundamentally different from this particular case.

Whether or not the other Congress-critter takes bribes really doesn't have beans to do with the prerogative of the King's men to ransack the Congressional compound, and you know that.

Otherwise, you'd had Billzo's boys in there searching your offices for all those guns you keep stuffed into drawers and safes and slapping you down with the DC anti-gun law.