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To: ReignOfError
Individual members have the degree of immunity Congress sees fit for them to have.

The way that immunity is taken away is that Congress expels them. See Article 1, Section 5, Clause 2. It's all in there.

See how brief it is ~ Congress, by design, is authorized to protect itself and may even call out the militia (presumably to repel an invader, or dispose of a tyrant).

176 posted on 06/06/2007 12:31:22 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
Individual members have the degree of immunity Congress sees fit for them to have.

As do you. As do I. Congress makes the laws. That's what it's there for.

The way that immunity is taken away is that Congress expels them.

I don't know where you're getting this idea that members of Congress have some sort of super-duper legal immunity until and unless they're kicked out of Congress. Patrick Kennedy, to name just one, is still in the House, and is still under court supervision for DUI. He was arrested and struck a plea deal. There was no magical congressional immunity to make it go away.

184 posted on 06/06/2007 1:26:01 PM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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