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US Constitution, Article I, Section 6, Clause 1. [Members of Congress] shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from
by corprew 16y ago
US Constitution, Article I, Section 6, Clause 1.
[Members of Congress] shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same, and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
Parliamentary immunity is not an concept isolated to Sweden.
- qwzybug 16y agoThat's just while Congress is physically in session (another use for the filibuster...?). Search "Larry Craig" or "Luis Gutierrez" for some recent arrests of American representatives.
- corprew 16y agoRight, which is why the Pirate party is doing it as part of their official political activities.
- slavak 16y agoI think it's pretty common, in fact. The idea is to prevent interested parties from abusing the legal system in order to prevent members of government from performing their responsibilities or gain leverage on them.
- Semiapies 16y agoI think we'd quickly have an interesting court case in the US if a political party cited this as their defense for carrying out a criminal conspiracy during a session of Congress. After all, that clause only addresses what can happen during the session.