The sticky point is that they raided his congressional office, not his home. The argument is that it sets very bad precedent for the nation's police branch to be able to invade the nation's congress. There's a bit of sense in that, though most of the complaints from Pelosi and Hastert are little more than histrionics.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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