Frist backs rule of law in Congressional searches

NY Times:

Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, on Sunday defended the raid by federal agents on a Democratic lawmaker's Capitol Hill office, breaking with senior House Republicans who had said the search was unconstitutional.

Mr. Frist, Republican of Tennessee, said agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted appropriately when they searched the office of the lawmaker, Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, as part of a bribery investigation.

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"No, I don't think it abused separation of powers," said Mr. Frist, who is considering a bid for the presidency in 2008, during a "Fox News Sunday" appearance. "I think there's allegations of criminal activity, and the American people need to have the law enforced."

Mr. Frist said that "nobody in government should be above the law of the land, period," and that federal agents had gone through appropriate procedures to obtain a search warrant for Mr. Jefferson's office.

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The House leadership is still pursuing a wrong headed opposition to the rule of law when it comes to searching their offices. They are amazingly out of touch with the voters and with any sound reading of the constitution on this issue. The sooner they back off this position the better. The political consequences will not be pretty if they do not.

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