Republicans and Privacy
Republicans dont think a man should be able to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own home without having their door kicked in, but they are scared shitless now thinking about having THEIR Congressional doors kicked in by FBI targeting them for their corruption!
House and Senate leaders challenged the constitutionality of an FBI raid on a lawmaker’s office, saying it broke a 219-year precedent and raised concerns about the separation of power between the administration and Congress.
“The actions of the Justice Department in seeking and executing this warrant raise important constitutional issues,’’ House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said in a statement last night. “I expect to seek a means to restore the delicate balance of power among the branches of government that the founders intended.’’
Frist and co are only voicing opposition to raids because they are afraid of having THEIR office searched!
I think, finally Congress understands what its like to be American now. Welcome to the club, congress. You want to kick in doors in the name of the “War on Drugs” well you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
The separation of powers argument seems to be pretty weak to me: The actual scope of Congressional immunity under the speech and debate clause is quite narrow (narrower, oddly, than the judicially-created immunities enjoyed by judges and prosecutors) and certainly doesn’t include immunity from search in a bribery case.
At any rate, members of Congress who are offended by an unannounced late-night raid on an office might profitably be asked what they think about late-night unannounced raids on private homes, which happen all the time as part of the Congressionally-mandated War on Drugs.
These same people want to stop CANCER PATIENTS from using medical marijuana and have mandated a “kick in door” policy against terminal people, to Congress I say you reap what you sow.
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