For Thee, But Not For Me

I am unhappy with the continual wasteful spending. The lack of progress securing our borders is a constant theme here. But the latest, the “We are above the law” attitude has my blood boiling.

The latest pronouncement from On High has me reaching for my Glenn Beck™ Duct Tape.

“The Justice Department must immediately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized,” House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement.

After that, they said, Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana must cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery investigation against him.

The leaders also said the Justice Department should not look at the documents or give them to investigators in the Jefferson case.

Not all the members are as clueless as the leadership.

“These self-serving separation of power arguments” have no basis in law, said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in a letter to GOP leaders. He noted that search warrants had previously been served on members’ homes, including Jefferson’s.

“A distinction that would treat searches in their offices completely differently is superficial and baseless,” Vitter wrote. “The American people will come to one conclusion — that congressional leaders are trying to protect their own from valid investigations.” [my emphasis]

That’s the only conclusion I can come to.

Matt Margolis blogging at GOP Bloggers puts it this way:

I’m sorry, but invoking the principal of Separation of Powers is just a fancy way of saying they think Congress should be above the law.

And he’s right

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