Posted on 07/28/2006 2:05:05 PM PDT by STARWISE
A federal appeals court on Friday barred the Justice Department from reviewing evidence seized from a Louisiana congressman's office during an unprecedented FBI raid on his Capitol Hill office in May.
A three-judge panel ordered a federal trial judge to ensure that Democratic Rep. William Jefferson be given copies of seized evidence contained on more than a dozen computer hard drives, several floppy disks and two boxes of paper documents.
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No, you are absolutely correct.
BTTT
"The election got rid of Tom DeLay!"
WTF??? DeLay is innocent and has been targeted by a partisan witch-hunt. He is on the ballot, which the Democrats are fighting. He will be proven innocent. The one who should go to jail is the partisan prosecutor. Who had to go to 4 or 5 Grand Juries before he got his bogus indictment, where the case for the defense is limited. The defense will present it's case at trial.
Do you consider everyone guilty before they have a chance to present their case in court? As I understand it the prosecutor has to prove guilt in a fair trial. I believe it's called Democracy.
Whoops!
I should have said "He's on the ballot which the Democrats are fighting FOR." Another Dem-game.
When BC was setting records for illegal actvities, I told a liberal friend of mine that if Bob Dole had been elected and was caught doing the same things, I would demand that he be removed from office.
He could not comprehend why I would think such a thing.
Politics is rough and tumble, often dirty and semiethical and/or unethical. But I'll be damned if I am going to believe that our guys have to commit criminal acts in order to win office. That is reserved for Democrats because they can't win unless they lie about their beliefs and commit massive voter fraud in a variety of ways.
There are other Dems involved.
There have to be in order for a kick back scam like this to work.
I hope Gonzales goes after them all!!!
And puts all of it on the table before thr November election!!!!
"The election got rid of Tom DeLay!"
That's untrue and you know it! That sleazebag, politically motivated prosecutor in Austin got DeLay out of his position, but it just may not work since DeLay is still on the ballot (more Dim finagling) and DeLay just may win! HA!
"The election got rid of Tom DeLay!
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I thought the Dems were fighting to keep him off the ballot!
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The Dims were fighting to keep DeLay ON the ballot, hoping they could win the seat in a walk. It's beginning to appear that if DeLay is still on the ballot, DeLay will win!
Thanks!
>>I prefer your position. Corruption in and of itself is bad. However, I wish you didn't have despair. There is a cleansing mechinism for corruption every two years. We can vote them out! The election got rid of Tom DeLay! <<<
Check your facts a bit.
Tom DeLay WON in the primary.
Then tried to resign - except that the Dems have tried to use the courts to block that.
If DeLay stays on the Ballot he will still whip the Dem's butt. Then he can resign and have someone appointed. He's not out because of the voters - He did it for honor.
Like every bit of incriminating evidence?
If you truly believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.
I'd like this one to go to the Supremes.
This sounds reasonable, if the original media reports are to be believed which would have the judge cut out of the loop.
But, not as far as the Constitution is concerned. Even this slime does have the "civil" right to challenge the legislatively privileged aspect of the stuff that was seized before it goes public and gets splashed out on, say, thesmokinggun.com. Without that, anybody in Congress, even your dearest GOP friend, is in a position to get harassed by bureaucrats of opposite political persuasion.
Utterly absurd nonsense. A legally obtained court issued warrant was executed on a suspected criminal. YOU now want to make the law have ONE meaning for us peons and another one for elected officials. His place of business is in NO way immune because he happens to be a Congress critter. The CHECK on political motivated attacks like you fear is the Judiciary NOT a self claimed immunity by Congress.
If the Judge was "out of the loop" why did he or she issue the warrent then?? Really desperate to manufacture some sore of fig leaf excuse for this nonsense on this one aren't you?
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