Court Orders Papers Returned To Rep. Jefferson.

The article reports on the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on a raid conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Capitol Hill office of Louisiana Representative William J. Jefferson in 2006. The court held that the raid improperly exposed legislative materials to executive review and violated the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution. It also ordered the return of privileged legislative documents to Jefferson. It provides a background on the case.