Officials: Jefferson Charges by July

It’s the other way around. The separations require that the Judicial and Executive branches regulate bribe takers in the Legislative branches. The lawmakers truly do not understand what they are voting on.

THIS CROOK IS GIVING US, THE CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA ANOTHER BLACKEYE. SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA WE DESPERATELY NEED HONEST EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP.
WITH THIS GUY WE ARE GETTING NITHER HONEST OR EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION. HE HAS TO GO!

I think the congressman has a much bigger problem than whether or not the FBI violated the separation of powers amendment in the constitution. If these charges are proven true he should deservedly go to prison for a long time. As an African American I would be disappointed to see that happen, but none the less he deserves no special treatment.

First , Delay , then Cunningham – now Jefferson – - – and , they’re ones of the few who got caught. Make no mistake, a lot of their colleagues are flying under the radar. Voters get what they deserve , voter ignorance elects persons like Cunningham ,Delay , and Jefferson into office.
Cynicism really isn’t a dirty word.

Gee, I wonder if the drive by media will give this as much attention as they gave to the Duke Cunningham story?
Doubt it.
Thank goodness for the alternative media.

It is unbelievable that some people are complaining about the raid on Jefferson’s office. I can understand it from him because guilty people are always the first to complain about THEIR rights being violated. They are not concerned about their victim’s rights when they commit their crimes. The fact that so many congressional people are complaining makes a person wonder what they are REALLY fearful of……

Perhaps I missed it, but I don’t recall any hue and cry or whining and hand wringing when Duke Cunningham was nailed for accepting bribes. Ninety grand in Jeffersons freezer? One might wonder how much he has dancing around in numbered accounts in offshore accounts. Cheers to the FBI for a job – so far – well done.

Let’s see how many of these thieves can be put behind bars!
Let’s see how many open boarder advocats with Mexico, and amnisty advocats for illegals; can be thrown out of office!
George

Right on, this guy is a criminal and they should lock him up and throw away the key. He stole from all of us.

Looks like this guy will share a jail cell with the Democratic Congresswoman that sucker punched a Capital Hill Police Officer.

We don’t call him “Dollar” Bill Jefferson for nothing here in Louisiana.
Too often here in Louisiana we only have the choice between bad and worse. The mayor’s election is an example – choose between an idiot or a socialist. The people selected the idiot.

frist is complaining—methinks the apple is falling too close the tree

So, what do you expect from a socialist government, honesty and integrity? Not one of our duly elected and appointed have either of those qualities.
Socialist you ask? D**n right. The Republic is long dead, replacesd by a “democracy. What’s the difference? Well stated in a military training manual (TM 2000-25) that was removed from use and ordered “destroyed” by FDR:
Democracy:
.A government of the masses.
Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of
“direct ” expression.
Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic-negating property
rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate,
whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, preju-
dice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences..
Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
Republic:
Authority is derived through the election by the people of public
officials best fitted to represent them.
Attitude toward property is respect for laws and individual rights,
and a sensible economic procedure.
Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with
fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to
consequences.
A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be
brought within its compass.
Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or: mobocracy.
Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and
progress.
‘None are so hopelessly enslaved as those that falsely believe they are free, truth has been kept from the depths of their minds, by masters who fool them with lies, they feed them with falsehoods till wrong seems like right in their minds… ‘ – words from the song “Jesus, The Way and the Truth and the Life.

Hmmnn…let me see, wasn’t late President Johnson a poor school teacher in a one room school house when elected to Congress, and decades later retired to his thousands of acres ranch in Texas?
Is working as a servant for the people that profitable? But as Congressman Jefferson says, “There’s two sides to the story…”

The corrupt congressmen will use any argument they can dream up to hide their crookedness. Thanks for the FBI! We need more tools to catch the crooks, not ways to protect them. Now we need judges that will put the crooks away for a LONG time.
John

I’m sorry if the upper crust is upset by this. So sad their illusion was shattered; apparently they supposed their congressional offices did double duty as sanctuaries for evidence of their crimes.

Much ado about nothing. The Congress has the power to enact laws about search warrants. Most of the members are lawyers or have access to them. So, the separation of powers rapping is just that. Signed, a lawyer admitted to practice in three states.

Gimme a break. Break the law and then complain that your ill begotten gains should be free of search because you hide it in your capitol hill office and then both sides of the aisle come to your aide? We have 535 members who just can’t relate to us “common folk”. Throws the bums out. Kudo’s to Judge Hogan and the men and women of the FBI.

Regretably the case for Rep. Jefferson does not look good. the sad thing is that the time he served as well as all of the good can be simply erase by such a potentially sordid deed. We pray for him, his family and the people whom he served that they will receive the best which is to come.
The government has so much power to do good; but it is clearly dangerous in the hands of few individuals. “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
That is why the news, vote and the process is so important. Most people’s idea of government is when they need something, have to pay taxes or get ready to vote. It is incumbent upon every citizen to make sure that the country is run decently and in order. This will not happen unless we pay close attention to the issues and the world around us.
This is still not the biggest issue going. Rising gas prices from a group of companies who make record PROFITS year after year and barely pay taxes. Wars in remote places where we tear down and then bill the US to rebuild it. Falling down schools and rising health costs right here. Increased crime! If you really want to do something newsworthy shine th light on SOLUTIONS to these situations, because right now the corruption is not some guy potentially taking a couple of hundred thousand dollars. But the ones who operate at the millions and billions dollar levels who keep the little ones in the news to keep the light off of them.
Democrats and Republicans. One is a white horse with black stripes and the other is a black horse with white stripes. It still black and white to me!

This corruption train won’t stop with just Congressman Jefferson, I’m sure his children will be implicated as well. From all accounts in the newspapers, it looks like he was doing this with his children in mind. This could end with another political conviction; his daughter who serves in the LA House of Representatives.

Our elected officials act like they are above the law, that the House does not belong to the people.
I fully support the FBI as long as their activities do not border on political activity.

I cringe when i hear people talk about criminal investigations being politically motivated. I feel that evil and corruption are far more serious than what party someone belongs to. i dont care if the person is my relative. bad is bad, and so be it if its my political party.

The Court established in United States v. Brewster, that the “Speech and Debate Clause” must be read broadly to effectuate its purpose of protecting the independence of the Legislative branch,”
The Court upheld the indictment of a Member, which charged that he accepted a bribe to be ”influenced in his performance of official acts in respect to his action, vote, and decision” on legislation.
The Court drew a distinction between a prosecution that caused an inquiry into legislative acts or the motivation for performance of such acts and a prosecution for taking or agreeing to take money for a promise to act in a certain way.
”Taking a bribe is, obviously, no part of the legislative process or function; it is not a legislative act. It is not, by any conceivable interpretation, an act performed as a part of or even incidental to the role of a legislator . . . Nor is inquiry into a legislative act or the motivation for a legislative act necessary to a prosecution under this statute or this indictment. When a bribe is taken, it does not matter whether the promise for which the bribe was given was for the performance of a legislative act as here or, as inJohnson, for use of a Congressman’s influence with the Executive Branch.”
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data
/constitution/article01/21.html
Therefore, while past precedent would lead one to believe otherwise there are other cases which side with the action of the FBI. Moreover, the exemption form the speech and debate clause is specifically in the above case a bribe, similar to the case of Jefferson.

How is he not under arrest right now. You or me, we would be sitting in a cell right. Let’s get a pool together to see how long it takes for him to cry racism.

I hope some of the Democrats and Republican lawmakers come read these comments.
We the people don’t want to hear about separation of power and illegal search.
This is B.S. You commit crimes, then you are going to be caught and procecuted just like Joe public.
I’m sick of all the corruption of both Republicans and Democrats alike. They are all totally out of control.
I’m sick of all the “legal” and “illegal” money that flows to keep them elected.
I’m sick of CEO’s that think they should walk away with tens and hundreds of millions when they leave a company.
I’ve got no problem with the Bill Gates and the Sam Waltons of the world who made billions on their companies because at least they founded the companies and built them up.
But any non founding CEO who gets ridiculous stock options and retirement benefits who then have to have their country club dues and private jets AFTER they retire (I’m talking to you Jack Welsh) when their companies go bankrupt and do away with their pensions. PAY YOUR OWN EXPENSES AFTER YOU RETIRE JUST LIKE THE MAJORITY OF JOE PUBLIC.
I’m just fed up. I’m still a capitalist, but greed and ME ME ME has gone way to far.
And I’m sick of Michael Moore, Barbara Striesand, the Dixie Chicks, and the majority of Hollywood and celebraties.
But at least I feel a little better after typing my rant.
Out.

“Throw the rascals out” to coin a phrase
and never ever vote for an incumbent

Scratchin’ the surface, they’re just scratchin’ the surface.

We should all be sickened by the likes of William Jefferson and others, regardless of their party affiliation. But what we must be more concerned with is the absurdly expressed moral relativism of those who try to explain why it should have been off limits to search the offices of this man. Can these people be so far off the mark as to be so disconnected to the public mass?
I am an advocate for term limits. Give a President one 6-year term only. Give Senators the same, and let Reps. serve three 2-year terms. This will put a crimp in their incessant leaching of the public funds, and their mining for millions from special interest.
Why will people spend millions to get elected to a $150,000 a year job? If you can’t figure this out – you are a part of the problem.
Ask yourself how it can be possible that Kennedy can have spent so much time in the Senate – deciding the fate of Jurists – while he himself has been involved in so much controversey – even the death of Mary Jo so many years ago.
I say Vote them Out every term until they get the message. Send them all home. Only we can put an end to the madness. Vote them all to go home.
Art

I am glad the FBI raided the house of Congress. They are mad, not because of the seperation of powers rule, but because they found out, “that someone else had a key to their clubhouse besides them.

My congratulations to the Judge that signed the paper, and the FBI folks that carried out the search. After wearing a Uniform for 30 years, it is a good feeling to see that at least some of the laws apply to those I helped protect for so long.