To: SierraWasp; Congressman Billybob; kristinn; Dog Gone
Article 1
Section 6.
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They 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 returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
5 posted on
10/19/2005 12:03:33 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep Tom DeLay, R-Texas, refused to plead guilty to a misdemeanor that would have allowed him to remain House majority leader, a report said.
DeLay's attorneys Monday disclosed the plea agreement offer from Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, which DeLay rejected before he was indicted on felony money laundering charges, The Washington Post reported.
7 posted on
10/19/2005 12:06:35 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
Now THAT's interesting!!!
8 posted on
10/19/2005 12:06:40 PM PDT by
SierraWasp
(The only thing that can save CA is making eastern CA the 51st state called Sierra Republic!!!)
To: Southack
They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest IIRC, the money-laundering charges would be a felony offense.
9 posted on
10/19/2005 12:07:22 PM PDT by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are truly evil.)
To: Southack
The charge is a felony, is it not?
BTW, the judge in this charade is a DemocRAT with a history of campaign donations to the RATs and Moveon.org. Grrrr...
10 posted on
10/19/2005 12:07:40 PM PDT by
CedarDave
(America's new fossil energy -- oil shale. Enviro-nazis newest endangered species -- the Shale Darter)
To: Southack
The indictment was for a felony.
11 posted on
10/19/2005 12:07:57 PM PDT by
okstate
To: Southack
I believe he is being charged with a felony.
13 posted on
10/19/2005 12:08:43 PM PDT by
Trinity5
To: Southack
Tom DeLay has been charged with a felony, therefore Article 1 Section 6 does not apply.
19 posted on
10/19/2005 12:13:28 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: Southack
felony I think he is accused of a felony.
To: Southack
FELONY money laundering charges
To: Southack
Pretty selective highlighting...
64 posted on
10/19/2005 12:45:35 PM PDT by
Krodg
To: Southack
Does this mean that DeLay refused to invoke his immunity during session?
87 posted on
10/19/2005 1:06:58 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
To: Southack
That only applies to when they are actually on the House/Senate floor, i.e., "during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses>"
92 posted on
10/19/2005 1:11:29 PM PDT by
gopgen
To: Southack
That's really rude of you to quote the Constitution of the United States. /sarcasm
139 posted on
10/19/2005 2:57:34 PM PDT by
fuquadukie
(If you can't hang with the big dogs, then don't jump off the porch.)
To: Southack
Felony and breach of the peace is pretty all-encompassing. It would include all felonies and probably a good number of misdemeanors. The only real protection afforded to Senators and Representatives by the Arrest Clause is against "civil arrest," fairly common in the 18th Century, in which a person could arrest someone he sued to make sure he would appear at the civil trial.
155 posted on
10/19/2005 5:23:56 PM PDT by
AuH2ORepublican
(http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
To: Southack
and breach of the peace? like they got drunk and went on a rowdy bender?
211 posted on
10/19/2005 10:57:36 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: Southack
Holy cow...
Thanks for posting that, I thought it was weird. Thinking back, I don't remember any others being put through this garbage.
218 posted on
10/20/2005 5:40:11 AM PDT by
Dashing Dasher
(Never lose your childish innocence. It's the most important thing.)
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