If it's a misdemeanor, then DeLay is exempt from arrest per our Constitution (still the law of the land here, I suspect).
Re-badging the charge as a "felony" to circumvent the Constitution's prohibition on misdemeanor harassment of Congressmen is a travesty.
... during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ...
He won't be detained for any more than booking, in any event. It's a routine move on a bogus charge, being staged for MSM consumption and propaganda purposes.
If it's a misdemeanor, then DeLay is exempt from arrest per our Constitution (still the law of the land here, I suspect).
Re-badging the charge as a "felony" to circumvent the Constitution's prohibition on misdemeanor harassment of Congressmen is a travesty.
If what you say is true, then I agree.
But that's not my understanding. My understanding is that the charge is a felony, and Delay was offered the opportunity to plea down to a misdemeanor. That is standard practice in plea bargaining.
Rather than re-badging the charge as a felony after the plea was rejected, the prosecutor reportedly offered to drop it to a misdemeanor in order to secure a plea. Far from "perverting justice," it's the way that our justice system works. Standard operating procedure.
We can agree that the charges are bogus, but I haven't see any irregularities in the way the plea bargaining went. And careful - whatever slack we cut Delay we must cut to everyone else accused of a crime.