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OK heres what I think happened, Congressman William Jefferson was apparently surveilled in a sting operation and was found to accept $100,000 in bribes from an FBI informant.
FBI found $90000 in his home and got a warrant from the judicial to search Jeffersons Congressional office.
Both Demonrats, Repugs, and pundits of boths sides are completely over the edge claiming consitutional intrusion on the separation of powers of executive, judicial and legislative.
Question 1) Where does the consitution provide that the legislative is immune to criminal investigation? Or more to thepoint where does the constitutionprovide that congressional offices are sacrosanct from criminal investigation?
Question 2) On the matter of criminal investigation and separation of powers, I beleive this defense was part and parcel of Nixons attempts to avoid turning over his tapes. The judical ruled accordingly that in the matters of criminal investigation Presidential priveldge doesn't hold. Why then would the legislative have sancturary?
Can someone help me understand on what legal basis the legislative attempts to base their arguements?
On side notes, the fact that this is supported by both Dems and Repugs only furthers my revulsion of the legislative and convinces me they all have something to hide.
I likewise am extremely dissapointed in Newt Gingrich, author of contract for America, who has lately supported the constitutional separation of powers arguement members of the legislative are pushing. Afterall, it was Newt who authored
FBI found $90000 in his home and got a warrant from the judicial to search Jeffersons Congressional office.
Both Demonrats, Repugs, and pundits of boths sides are completely over the edge claiming consitutional intrusion on the separation of powers of executive, judicial and legislative.
Question 1) Where does the consitution provide that the legislative is immune to criminal investigation? Or more to thepoint where does the constitutionprovide that congressional offices are sacrosanct from criminal investigation?
Question 2) On the matter of criminal investigation and separation of powers, I beleive this defense was part and parcel of Nixons attempts to avoid turning over his tapes. The judical ruled accordingly that in the matters of criminal investigation Presidential priveldge doesn't hold. Why then would the legislative have sancturary?
Can someone help me understand on what legal basis the legislative attempts to base their arguements?
On side notes, the fact that this is supported by both Dems and Repugs only furthers my revulsion of the legislative and convinces me they all have something to hide.
I likewise am extremely dissapointed in Newt Gingrich, author of contract for America, who has lately supported the constitutional separation of powers arguement members of the legislative are pushing. Afterall, it was Newt who authored
On the first day of their majority, the Republicans promised to hold floor votes on eight reforms of government operations:
* require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
* select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
* cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
* limit the terms of all committee chairs;
* ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
* require committee meetings to be open to the public;
* require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
* and implement a zero base-line budgeting process for the annual Federal Budget.
* require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
* select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
* cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
* limit the terms of all committee chairs;
* ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
* require committee meetings to be open to the public;
* require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
* and implement a zero base-line budgeting process for the annual Federal Budget.
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