May 25, 2006 12:51PM # Sense and Sensenbrenner By [Radley Balko](https://www.cato.org/people/radley-balko) --- SHARE Congressional whining over the FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson’s office has [reached the point of self-parody](http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200605/NAT20060525b.html). Rep. James Sensenbrenner has now called for rare out-of-session hearings on the raid, titled, “Reckless Justice: Did the Saturday Night Raid of Congress Trample the Constitution?” This would be the same James Sensenbrenner who wants to give federal law enforcement the power to [snoop in on your Internet browsing](https://www.cato.org/2006/05/16/sensenbrenner-wants-your-cache/), and who [recently introduced a bill](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3772) that would send parents to prison if they learn of drug activity near their children and fail to report it to authorities within 24 hours. “Trampling the Constitution,” indeed. Amazing how reverent politicians get for the Constitution and the rights of the accused when one of their own is under the gun. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).