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Mad House

By on 5.24.06 @ 11:15AM

Neither Orin Kerr nor his very smart commenters (Kerr moderates his comment section with an eye toward keeping the discussion at a high level) can figure out how the raid on William Jefferson's office could possibly be unconstitutional. As for the politics of House leaders' complaints, John Podhoretz nails it: Hastert is an idiot.

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