Another Violation

The seperation of powers outlined in our constitution has been under attack by the Bush administration for years now. From them deciding to take it upon themselves to interpurt the laws (the role of the Judicial branch) to deciding what laws they will follow (the role of the Legislative branch). In fact, they only seem to be lacking in the area of EXECUTING THE LAW, which is the traditional role of the Executive branch.

This weekend, for the first time in our nations history, the FBI conducted a raid on the office of a sitting congressman. I might point out, a Democratic congressman. This is in response to alligations that Rep Jefferson (LA) accepted a bribe of $100,000 from a FBI informant. It is important to note that during the recent scandal of Rep Randy "Duke" Cunningham (CA), a Republican who recently pled guilty to taking millions of dollars in bribes in what has been called the biggest corruption scandle in our country's history, there was no need of such a violation.

In the past, when the Justice Department wanted documents from a congressman, they would subpena for them. It is not like we haven't been able to investigate corruption for the last 219 years because the DOJ's hands have been tied. They have successfully prosecuted members of congress on numerous occassions. In fact, in this particualr case, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) had called for an ethics comittee investigation of Jefferson. Yes, that is right! A Democrat called for an investigation of another Democrat. Lets just try to compare that to the way Republicans acted with corruption allegations against Delay.