Yo Denny! It's Called the "Fourth Amendment"
July 24, 2006
House Speaker Dennis Haster, while now refusing to back a crooked Louisian politician, had this to say regarding the Department of Justice's search-and-seizure policy:
"There has to be a procedure for the Justice Department to come in and start just searching any congressman's office," Hastert said on "Fox News Sunday."
Ummmm... I think there is a "procedure" DOJ follows: FBI agents investigate criminal activity. Once they have probable cause to believe a congressperson has committed a crime, they file a warrant application. If a neutral and detached magistrate determines there is probable cause that a legislature committed a crime, then he issues the search warrant.
Seems like a pretty good procedure to me. It comes directly from the Constitution, after all - something Hastert should appreciate, no?