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"...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace,..." Leaking classified documents is a felony, and potentially could be construed as tr
by drcube 13y ago
"...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace,..."
Leaking classified documents is a felony, and potentially could be construed as treason. Since the executive decides what is or isn't classified, it looks to me like they clearly can restrict the speech of legislators, regardless of time or place.
Unless, as was alluded to elsewhere, the Senate Intelligence Committee votes to declassify those specific topics first.
- dllthomas 13y agoRead it again. That clause does not apply to the relevant portion: "...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." Facing such charges, they would not "be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective House", but charging them with a crime seems quite clearly to be "questioning" them for "Speech [...] in either House" when that crime entailed nothing but disclosure of information in the record of the respective body.