Supreme Court won't review FBI raid of William Jefferson's office

[RB TexLa]

I know, I know, half of DU will just say they don't need any court rulings or trial just lock him up in "tha name of ethics!"


Supreme Court stays out of Jefferson search dispute
by Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune
Monday March 31, 2008, 10:13 AM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to consider an appeal court's ruling that the 2006 FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson's Capitol Hill office was unconstitutional.

The Court of the Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last year that FBI agents, who conducted the first-ever search of a congressional office May 20-21, 2006, should have let the New Orleans Democrat review documents before seizing them.

The High Court did not give a reason for refusing to take up the issue. Jefferson has pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting more than $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.



http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/supreme_court_stays_out_of_jef.html

[Zynx]

1. As much as I think Jefferson is crooked, due process must be followed.

[Wizard777]

2. This is the equivalent of SCOTUS saying, well DUH.

We don't need to look at this. The lower court got it right.

[RB TexLa]

3. Like hell they got it right. Everything should have been thrown out

On edit: Wait till an Obama or Clinton FBI searches a republican's office, they actually defend their own.

[Igel]

10. There was no partisan divide on this issue on

capitol hill. They defend their own: The boundary is congreeman vs everybody else.

[endarkenment]

4. This was a no brainer.

You can't have the executive's cops busting up the legislature's offices.

[RB TexLa]

6. And the court could have thrown all of it out but chose not to even look

[wuushew]

5. This guy should have been voted out

Karen Carter sounded like a good person to represent his district.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Jefferson

[RB TexLa]

7. I guess you should have come to Louisiana and told us how we should have voted

maybe the voters of the district just didn't know how you thought they should vote.

[wuushew]

8. Well how is Jefferson working out for you?

In your world there is no place for constructive criticism?

[spanone]

9. yea, the supreme court has local elections to worry about, not that pesky constitution