This is good news.
A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional
office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into "a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime."
Not that it isn't already.
A member of Congress is bound by the same laws as ordinary citizens, said the judge, who had approved the FBI's request to conduct the overnight search of Jefferson's office.
Every once in awhile a politician gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar and gets his rear end thrown in jail. I'm glad when people of authority and responsibility over a sacred trust--namely, representing the interests of their constituents--are held to the same standard under the law as the common man. It doesn't happen often enough, as the capitol policeman that got whacked by Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) can attest. One hopes that this ruling will at least give corrupt politicians in Washington pause to reconsider before they do something unlawful or unethical.
I doubt it.
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