More Bush-Congress court fights likely

[cal04]

A court decision concluding that federal agents went overboard in searching a congressman's office almost certainly presages more legal showdowns over the Bush administration's fierce battle with Congress for control of information.

The administration repeatedly has rebuffed Congress' efforts to look into wiretaps, energy policy, prosecutors' firings and other matters, while claiming its own right to probe alleged congressional misdeeds. The efforts have been extraordinary, even by the standards set by secretive and combative presidents such as Richard Nixon, some legal scholars say.

"Most people feel this has been the most aggressive executive branch, maybe in the history of the country, in terms of asserting its executive authority," said Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia.

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Republicans in Congress tend to back Bush more strongly on issues that do not hit so close to home. But many Democrats and outside analysts say the administration is virtually spoiling for legal fights to re-examine where the executive-legislative balance of power lies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_congress

[crazyjane]

1. Is this the Congress man

That's the agents found $96,000 in his freezer ?

I didn't follow this to closely but remember someone saying this.