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To: El Gato
... and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

I've always been under the impression that immunity from prosecution ends outside the Capitol building. Surely the founders did not mean to create an imperial privileged class.

17 posted on 08/10/2007 4:28:40 PM PDT by kitchen (Hey, Pericles. What are the three things a ruler must know?)
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To: kitchen
I've always been under the impression that immunity from prosecution ends outside the Capitol building. Surely the founders did not mean to create an imperial privileged class.

Of course they didn't, but their successors have done just that. But still you are correct, it would seem that, under that old rag, The Constitution, it should be possible to question them in *any other Place" for things said other than in "either House". The privilege from arrest is likewise limited to when traveling to and from a session and during a session, but even then they can be arrested for felonies, breach of the peace, and of course, Treason.

19 posted on 08/10/2007 10:41:42 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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