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		<title>By: Doves</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Harry Reid and Shelley Berkley need listed on this for profiteering off Americans who come home with blown up legs and arms. Mental problems for the rest of live.

Why? Because they invested in war arms to become worth millions and there to. All the while others suffer because they after investing voted to go to way so they could profiteer off deaths and suffering. famlies to</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Harry Reid and Shelley Berkley need listed on this for profiteering off Americans who come home with blown up legs and arms. Mental problems for the rest of live.</p>
<p>Why? Because they invested in war arms to become worth millions and there to. All the while others suffer because they after investing voted to go to way so they could profiteer off deaths and suffering. famlies to</p>
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		<title>By: Djpass</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/377/members-of-congress-charged-with-a-crime-1798-2008/comment-page-1#comment-243692</link>
		<dc:creator>Djpass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The column showing the charges is cut off on the right.</description>
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		<title>By: brucebarron</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/377/members-of-congress-charged-with-a-crime-1798-2008/comment-page-1#comment-134892</link>
		<dc:creator>brucebarron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bribery is  a criminal offense both under federal and state statutes. Impeachment is not a prerequisite for bringing charges. The innumerable cases above prove this.&lt;br&gt;The Health Care Bill,besides being unconstitutional violates the principle of subsidiarity and is full of bribery. Tort reform is mandatory as well as interstate buying of health insurance. Why is this prohibited? &lt;br&gt; Congress is a corrupt organization and the members are guilty of perjury by failing to uphold their oath of office,&lt;br&gt;Congress has no money. This is taxpayers money and the states are the instrument for insuring  that Congress does what is right. State legislatures and the Governors  owe their primary responsibility to the citizens of the state unless they themselves are corrupt such as in Chicago and Massachusettes.&lt;br&gt;Who prosecuted these criminals--was it under state or federal statutes. Certainly it seems they can be prosecuted under state statutes as well.&lt;br&gt;The Health Care Bill is un constitutional and will be challanged in the courts.&lt;br&gt;Under the president&#039;s administration which is communistic and reminds one of Stalin&lt;br&gt;with the centralized government and the control of the economy with the bankers,wall street,and the federal reserve board ,the fusion of government and finance, the statist manifesto. if there were anyone with backone one would institute impeachment. He,Obama, is the enemy both domestic and foreign.This is Obama the Muslim.&lt;br&gt;We have the best care system in the world and no one is denied medical whether they can pay or not and have follow up with the doctor on call or can come back to the emergency ward the next day for follow up.Medicare fraud is 60 billion dollars per year and drug companies are not far behind. Foreign illegal immegrants are a massive drain on resources and all one need to do is stop it. The fence is very easy to build and we have the means and the laws on the books that need to be implenented and not impeded by menbers of Congress which is a criminal act.&lt;br&gt;In short bribery is a crime.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;f you’re into superstition and omens, Congress has a statute that you need to avoid. In 1984, it codified the mark of the devil in the federal criminal code, 18 U.S.C. § 666. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Section 666 was designed to curb the evil of bribery related to federal funds. Prior to its enactment, another federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, was viewed by many courts to prohibit only the bribery of federal officials. In enacting § 666, Congress sought to protect federally funded programs from going into the red through theft and embezzlement by the direct bribery of federal officials. But it also made it a crime to commit bribery in connection with private citizens who have a relation to federally funded programs. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although Congress intended § 666’s scope to be significant in order to protect federally funded programs, some observers of federal criminal law are now questioning whether the horns of § 666 are too sharp to serve the federal interests at stake. This article presents a hypothetical scenario to examine the breadth of § 666&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;RICO offenses&lt;br&gt;Under the law, racketeering activity means:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act); &lt;br&gt;Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18); &lt;br&gt;Embezzlement of union funds; &lt;br&gt;Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud; &lt;br&gt;Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute; &lt;br&gt;Money laundering and related offenses; &lt;br&gt;Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain); &lt;br&gt;Acts of terrorism. &lt;br&gt;Pattern of racketeering &lt;br&gt;Notice that bribery is mentioned here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Art2 Sec4 can be invoked as well as the 22nd Amendment&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This country can still invoke the common law as found in Blackstone&#039;s Commentaries altough our legal is primarily statutary.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; PUBLIC WRONGS.&lt;br&gt;Book IV. &lt;br&gt;Ch. 10.&lt;br&gt;17. BRIBERY is the next fpecies of offence againft public juftice; which is when a judge, or other perfon concerned in the adminiftration of juftice, takes any undue reward to influence his behaviour in his office l. In the eaft it is the cuftom never to petition any fuperior for juftice, not excepting their kings, without a prefent. This is calculated for the genius of defpotic countries; where the true principles of government are never underftood, and it is imagined that there is no obligation from the fuperior to the inferior, no relative duty owing from the governor to the governed. The Roman law, though it contained many fevere injunctions againft bribery, as well for felling a man&#039;s vote in the fenate or other public affembly, as for the bartering of common juftice, yet by a ftrange indulgence in one inftance, it tacitly encouraged this practice; allowing the magiftrate to receive fmall prefents, provided they did not in the whole exceed a hundred crowns in the year m: not confidering the infinuating nature and gigantic progrefs of this vice, when once admitted. Plato therefore more wifely, in his ideal republic n, orders thofe who take prefents for doing their duty to be punifhed in the fevereft manner: and by the laws of Athens he that offered was alfo profecuted, as well as he that received a bribe o. In England this offence of taking bribes is punifhed, in inferior officers, with fine and imprifonment; and in thofe who offer a bribe, though not taken, the fame p. But in judges, efpecially the fuperior ones, it hath been always looked upon as fo heinous an offence, that the chief juftice Thorpe was hanged for it in the reign of Edward III. By a ftatute q 11 Hen. IV, all judges and officers of the king, convicted of bribery, fhall forfeit treble the bribe, be punifhed at the king&#039;s will, and be difcharged from the king&#039;s fervice for ever. And fome notable examples have been made in parliament, of perfons in the &lt;br&gt; Blackstone&#039;s Commentaties.There is still a place for common law and has been used innumerable times to solve difficult prolems .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This should solve the problem of bribery in Congress and the White House. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   Respectfully,&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;                     Bruce Barron   &lt;br&gt;The problem is Doctors&#039; salaries,insurance, and the drug companies. No one is denied medical care in this country and it is the best in the world. The problems are easily solveable except for the back door deals Obama has made and is in the Health Care Bill.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Congress and the present administration are crimanally negligent!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bribery is  a criminal offense both under federal and state statutes. Impeachment is not a prerequisite for bringing charges. The innumerable cases above prove this.<br />The Health Care Bill,besides being unconstitutional violates the principle of subsidiarity and is full of bribery. Tort reform is mandatory as well as interstate buying of health insurance. Why is this prohibited? <br /> Congress is a corrupt organization and the members are guilty of perjury by failing to uphold their oath of office,<br />Congress has no money. This is taxpayers money and the states are the instrument for insuring  that Congress does what is right. State legislatures and the Governors  owe their primary responsibility to the citizens of the state unless they themselves are corrupt such as in Chicago and Massachusettes.<br />Who prosecuted these criminals&#8211;was it under state or federal statutes. Certainly it seems they can be prosecuted under state statutes as well.<br />The Health Care Bill is un constitutional and will be challanged in the courts.<br />Under the president&#39;s administration which is communistic and reminds one of Stalin<br />with the centralized government and the control of the economy with the bankers,wall street,and the federal reserve board ,the fusion of government and finance, the statist manifesto. if there were anyone with backone one would institute impeachment. He,Obama, is the enemy both domestic and foreign.This is Obama the Muslim.<br />We have the best care system in the world and no one is denied medical whether they can pay or not and have follow up with the doctor on call or can come back to the emergency ward the next day for follow up.Medicare fraud is 60 billion dollars per year and drug companies are not far behind. Foreign illegal immegrants are a massive drain on resources and all one need to do is stop it. The fence is very easy to build and we have the means and the laws on the books that need to be implenented and not impeded by menbers of Congress which is a criminal act.<br />In short bribery is a crime.</p>
<p>f you’re into superstition and omens, Congress has a statute that you need to avoid. In 1984, it codified the mark of the devil in the federal criminal code, 18 U.S.C. § 666. </p>
<p>Section 666 was designed to curb the evil of bribery related to federal funds. Prior to its enactment, another federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, was viewed by many courts to prohibit only the bribery of federal officials. In enacting § 666, Congress sought to protect federally funded programs from going into the red through theft and embezzlement by the direct bribery of federal officials. But it also made it a crime to commit bribery in connection with private citizens who have a relation to federally funded programs. </p>
<p>Although Congress intended § 666’s scope to be significant in order to protect federally funded programs, some observers of federal criminal law are now questioning whether the horns of § 666 are too sharp to serve the federal interests at stake. This article presents a hypothetical scenario to examine the breadth of § 666</p>
<p>RICO offenses<br />Under the law, racketeering activity means:</p>
<p>Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act); <br />Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18); <br />Embezzlement of union funds; <br />Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud; <br />Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute; <br />Money laundering and related offenses; <br />Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain); <br />Acts of terrorism. <br />Pattern of racketeering <br />Notice that bribery is mentioned here.</p>
<p>Art2 Sec4 can be invoked as well as the 22nd Amendment</p>
<p>This country can still invoke the common law as found in Blackstone&#39;s Commentaries altough our legal is primarily statutary.</p>
<p> PUBLIC WRONGS.<br />Book IV. <br />Ch. 10.<br />17. BRIBERY is the next fpecies of offence againft public juftice; which is when a judge, or other perfon concerned in the adminiftration of juftice, takes any undue reward to influence his behaviour in his office l. In the eaft it is the cuftom never to petition any fuperior for juftice, not excepting their kings, without a prefent. This is calculated for the genius of defpotic countries; where the true principles of government are never underftood, and it is imagined that there is no obligation from the fuperior to the inferior, no relative duty owing from the governor to the governed. The Roman law, though it contained many fevere injunctions againft bribery, as well for felling a man&#39;s vote in the fenate or other public affembly, as for the bartering of common juftice, yet by a ftrange indulgence in one inftance, it tacitly encouraged this practice; allowing the magiftrate to receive fmall prefents, provided they did not in the whole exceed a hundred crowns in the year m: not confidering the infinuating nature and gigantic progrefs of this vice, when once admitted. Plato therefore more wifely, in his ideal republic n, orders thofe who take prefents for doing their duty to be punifhed in the fevereft manner: and by the laws of Athens he that offered was alfo profecuted, as well as he that received a bribe o. In England this offence of taking bribes is punifhed, in inferior officers, with fine and imprifonment; and in thofe who offer a bribe, though not taken, the fame p. But in judges, efpecially the fuperior ones, it hath been always looked upon as fo heinous an offence, that the chief juftice Thorpe was hanged for it in the reign of Edward III. By a ftatute q 11 Hen. IV, all judges and officers of the king, convicted of bribery, fhall forfeit treble the bribe, be punifhed at the king&#39;s will, and be difcharged from the king&#39;s fervice for ever. And fome notable examples have been made in parliament, of perfons in the <br /> Blackstone&#39;s Commentaties.There is still a place for common law and has been used innumerable times to solve difficult prolems .</p>
<p>This should solve the problem of bribery in Congress and the White House. </p>
<p>   Respectfully,</p>
<p>                     Bruce Barron   <br />The problem is Doctors&#39; salaries,insurance, and the drug companies. No one is denied medical care in this country and it is the best in the world. The problems are easily solveable except for the back door deals Obama has made and is in the Health Care Bill.</p>
<p>Congress and the present administration are crimanally negligent!</p>
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		<title>By: brucebarron</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/377/members-of-congress-charged-with-a-crime-1798-2008/comment-page-1#comment-120647</link>
		<dc:creator>brucebarron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bribery is  a criminal offense both under federal and state statutes. Impeachment is not a prerequisite for bringing charges. The innumerable cases above prove this.&lt;br&gt;The Health Care Bill,besides being unconstitutional violates the principle of subsidiarity and is full of bribery. Tort reform is mandatory as well as interstate buying of health insurance. Why is this prohibited? &lt;br&gt; Congress is a corrupt organization and the members are guilty of perjury by failing to uphold their oath of office,&lt;br&gt;Congress has no money. This is taxpayers money and the states are the instrument for insuring  that Congress does what is right. State legislatures and the Governors  owe their primary responsibility to the citizens of the state unless they themselves are corrupt such as in Chicago and Massachusettes.&lt;br&gt;Who prosecuted these criminals--was it under state or federal statutes. Certainly it seems they can be prosecuted under state statutes as well.&lt;br&gt;The Health Care Bill is un constitutional and will be challanged in the courts.&lt;br&gt;Under the president&#039;s administration which is communistic and reminds one of Stalin&lt;br&gt;with the centralized government and the control of the economy with the bankers,wall street,and the federal reserve board ,the fusion of government and finance, the statist manifesto. if there were anyone with backone one would institute impeachment. He,Obama, is the enemy both domestic and foreign.This is Obama the Muslim.&lt;br&gt;We have the best care system in the world and no one is denied medical whether they can pay or not and have follow up with the doctor on call or can come back to the emergency ward the next day for follow up.Medicare fraud is 60 billion dollars per year and drug companies are not far behind. Foreign illegal immegrants are a massive drain on resources and all one need to do is stop it. The fence is very easy to build and we have the means and the laws on the books that need to be implenented and not impeded by menbers of Congress which is a criminal act.&lt;br&gt;In short bribery is a crime.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;f you’re into superstition and omens, Congress has a statute that you need to avoid. In 1984, it codified the mark of the devil in the federal criminal code, 18 U.S.C. § 666. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Section 666 was designed to curb the evil of bribery related to federal funds. Prior to its enactment, another federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, was viewed by many courts to prohibit only the bribery of federal officials. In enacting § 666, Congress sought to protect federally funded programs from going into the red through theft and embezzlement by the direct bribery of federal officials. But it also made it a crime to commit bribery in connection with private citizens who have a relation to federally funded programs. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although Congress intended § 666’s scope to be significant in order to protect federally funded programs, some observers of federal criminal law are now questioning whether the horns of § 666 are too sharp to serve the federal interests at stake. This article presents a hypothetical scenario to examine the breadth of § 666&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;RICO offenses&lt;br&gt;Under the law, racketeering activity means:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act); &lt;br&gt;Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18); &lt;br&gt;Embezzlement of union funds; &lt;br&gt;Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud; &lt;br&gt;Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute; &lt;br&gt;Money laundering and related offenses; &lt;br&gt;Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain); &lt;br&gt;Acts of terrorism. &lt;br&gt;Pattern of racketeering &lt;br&gt;Notice that bribery is mentioned here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Art2 Sec4 can be invoked as well as the 22nd Amendment&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This country can still invoke the common law as found in Blackstone&#039;s Commentaries altough our legal is primarily statutary.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; PUBLIC WRONGS.&lt;br&gt;Book IV. &lt;br&gt;Ch. 10.&lt;br&gt;17. BRIBERY is the next fpecies of offence againft public juftice; which is when a judge, or other perfon concerned in the adminiftration of juftice, takes any undue reward to influence his behaviour in his office l. In the eaft it is the cuftom never to petition any fuperior for juftice, not excepting their kings, without a prefent. This is calculated for the genius of defpotic countries; where the true principles of government are never underftood, and it is imagined that there is no obligation from the fuperior to the inferior, no relative duty owing from the governor to the governed. The Roman law, though it contained many fevere injunctions againft bribery, as well for felling a man&#039;s vote in the fenate or other public affembly, as for the bartering of common juftice, yet by a ftrange indulgence in one inftance, it tacitly encouraged this practice; allowing the magiftrate to receive fmall prefents, provided they did not in the whole exceed a hundred crowns in the year m: not confidering the infinuating nature and gigantic progrefs of this vice, when once admitted. Plato therefore more wifely, in his ideal republic n, orders thofe who take prefents for doing their duty to be punifhed in the fevereft manner: and by the laws of Athens he that offered was alfo profecuted, as well as he that received a bribe o. In England this offence of taking bribes is punifhed, in inferior officers, with fine and imprifonment; and in thofe who offer a bribe, though not taken, the fame p. But in judges, efpecially the fuperior ones, it hath been always looked upon as fo heinous an offence, that the chief juftice Thorpe was hanged for it in the reign of Edward III. By a ftatute q 11 Hen. IV, all judges and officers of the king, convicted of bribery, fhall forfeit treble the bribe, be punifhed at the king&#039;s will, and be difcharged from the king&#039;s fervice for ever. And fome notable examples have been made in parliament, of perfons in the &lt;br&gt; Blackstone&#039;s Commentaties.There is still a place for common law and has been used innumerable times to solve difficult prolems .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This should solve the problem of bribery in Congress and the White House. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   Respectfully,&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;                     Bruce Barron   &lt;br&gt;The problem is Doctors&#039; salaries,insurance, and the drug companies. No one is denied medical care in this country and it is the best in the world. The problems are easily solveable except for the back door deals Obama has made and is in the Health Care Bill.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Congress and the present administration are crimanally negligent!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bribery is  a criminal offense both under federal and state statutes. Impeachment is not a prerequisite for bringing charges. The innumerable cases above prove this.<br />The Health Care Bill,besides being unconstitutional violates the principle of subsidiarity and is full of bribery. Tort reform is mandatory as well as interstate buying of health insurance. Why is this prohibited? <br /> Congress is a corrupt organization and the members are guilty of perjury by failing to uphold their oath of office,<br />Congress has no money. This is taxpayers money and the states are the instrument for insuring  that Congress does what is right. State legislatures and the Governors  owe their primary responsibility to the citizens of the state unless they themselves are corrupt such as in Chicago and Massachusettes.<br />Who prosecuted these criminals&#8211;was it under state or federal statutes. Certainly it seems they can be prosecuted under state statutes as well.<br />The Health Care Bill is un constitutional and will be challanged in the courts.<br />Under the president&#39;s administration which is communistic and reminds one of Stalin<br />with the centralized government and the control of the economy with the bankers,wall street,and the federal reserve board ,the fusion of government and finance, the statist manifesto. if there were anyone with backone one would institute impeachment. He,Obama, is the enemy both domestic and foreign.This is Obama the Muslim.<br />We have the best care system in the world and no one is denied medical whether they can pay or not and have follow up with the doctor on call or can come back to the emergency ward the next day for follow up.Medicare fraud is 60 billion dollars per year and drug companies are not far behind. Foreign illegal immegrants are a massive drain on resources and all one need to do is stop it. The fence is very easy to build and we have the means and the laws on the books that need to be implenented and not impeded by menbers of Congress which is a criminal act.<br />In short bribery is a crime.</p>
<p>f you’re into superstition and omens, Congress has a statute that you need to avoid. In 1984, it codified the mark of the devil in the federal criminal code, 18 U.S.C. § 666. </p>
<p>Section 666 was designed to curb the evil of bribery related to federal funds. Prior to its enactment, another federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, was viewed by many courts to prohibit only the bribery of federal officials. In enacting § 666, Congress sought to protect federally funded programs from going into the red through theft and embezzlement by the direct bribery of federal officials. But it also made it a crime to commit bribery in connection with private citizens who have a relation to federally funded programs. </p>
<p>Although Congress intended § 666’s scope to be significant in order to protect federally funded programs, some observers of federal criminal law are now questioning whether the horns of § 666 are too sharp to serve the federal interests at stake. This article presents a hypothetical scenario to examine the breadth of § 666</p>
<p>RICO offenses<br />Under the law, racketeering activity means:</p>
<p>Any violation of state statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act); <br />Any act of bribery, counterfeiting, theft, embezzlement, fraud, dealing in obscene matter, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commission of murder-for-hire, and several other offenses covered under the Federal criminal code (Title 18); <br />Embezzlement of union funds; <br />Bankruptcy fraud or securities fraud; <br />Drug trafficking; long-term and elaborate drug networks can also be prosecuted using the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute; <br />Money laundering and related offenses; <br />Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain); <br />Acts of terrorism. <br />Pattern of racketeering <br />Notice that bribery is mentioned here.</p>
<p>Art2 Sec4 can be invoked as well as the 22nd Amendment</p>
<p>This country can still invoke the common law as found in Blackstone&#39;s Commentaries altough our legal is primarily statutary.</p>
<p> PUBLIC WRONGS.<br />Book IV. <br />Ch. 10.<br />17. BRIBERY is the next fpecies of offence againft public juftice; which is when a judge, or other perfon concerned in the adminiftration of juftice, takes any undue reward to influence his behaviour in his office l. In the eaft it is the cuftom never to petition any fuperior for juftice, not excepting their kings, without a prefent. This is calculated for the genius of defpotic countries; where the true principles of government are never underftood, and it is imagined that there is no obligation from the fuperior to the inferior, no relative duty owing from the governor to the governed. The Roman law, though it contained many fevere injunctions againft bribery, as well for felling a man&#39;s vote in the fenate or other public affembly, as for the bartering of common juftice, yet by a ftrange indulgence in one inftance, it tacitly encouraged this practice; allowing the magiftrate to receive fmall prefents, provided they did not in the whole exceed a hundred crowns in the year m: not confidering the infinuating nature and gigantic progrefs of this vice, when once admitted. Plato therefore more wifely, in his ideal republic n, orders thofe who take prefents for doing their duty to be punifhed in the fevereft manner: and by the laws of Athens he that offered was alfo profecuted, as well as he that received a bribe o. In England this offence of taking bribes is punifhed, in inferior officers, with fine and imprifonment; and in thofe who offer a bribe, though not taken, the fame p. But in judges, efpecially the fuperior ones, it hath been always looked upon as fo heinous an offence, that the chief juftice Thorpe was hanged for it in the reign of Edward III. By a ftatute q 11 Hen. IV, all judges and officers of the king, convicted of bribery, fhall forfeit treble the bribe, be punifhed at the king&#39;s will, and be difcharged from the king&#39;s fervice for ever. And fome notable examples have been made in parliament, of perfons in the <br /> Blackstone&#39;s Commentaties.There is still a place for common law and has been used innumerable times to solve difficult prolems .</p>
<p>This should solve the problem of bribery in Congress and the White House. </p>
<p>   Respectfully,</p>
<p>                     Bruce Barron   <br />The problem is Doctors&#39; salaries,insurance, and the drug companies. No one is denied medical care in this country and it is the best in the world. The problems are easily solveable except for the back door deals Obama has made and is in the Health Care Bill.</p>
<p>Congress and the present administration are crimanally negligent!</p>
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