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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (168039)	5/30/2006 1:49:17 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

Yes, Jefferson could raise the constitutional issue in a Motion to Suppress, if and when he's charged. I don't see why the rest of Congress has to wait for that. I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that others don't recognize that if the shoe were on the other foot, Congress couldn't send their own police to rifle through Bush's private office in order to bolster a potential impeachment trial. The fact that you, a lawyer, don't seem to respect Congress as a co-equal branch of government surprises me.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (168039)	5/30/2006 1:56:38 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793800

I came across something a while back that troubled me, and troubles me still. I was having a discussion with a man who is in the military, who stated the obvious, that he is required to follow the orders of the President. Just for fun, I asked him what he would do if the President decided to take over the country, no more elections. He said he would follow orders. I think he was serious. One of the things I've been observing on this board for quite a while now is that many on this board have zero respect for Congress as an institution. America has lasted for over 200 years because we are subject to, not a President (or a king) (or a dictator) but the Constitution. Any individual Congressman is an ordinary person, but, for that matter, any individual President is an ordinary person, as well. Soldiers and policemen alike owe their allegiance, not to the President but to the Constitution.