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To: MikeA

I don't think she can be charged with a misdeamenor. Congresspeople on their way to or from work cannot be detained or charged with minor offenses. Its in the constitution.


52 posted on 03/31/2006 9:06:10 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT
I don't think she can be charged with a misdeamenor.

The protection doesn't apply at all to criminal cases, since it excepts "treason, felony or breach of the peace" (Williamson v. U.S., 207 U.S. 425 (1908)).

108 posted on 03/31/2006 9:25:27 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: CharlesWayneCT
I don't think she can be charged with a misdeamenor. Congresspeople on their way to or from work cannot be detained or charged with minor offenses. Its in the constitution.

She cannot be detained on her way Congress due to minor offenses. It doesn't mean that she gets away scott-free and doesn't have to answer for the offense. The idea is to prevent police from (intenitonally) keeping Congresscritters from votes for minor offenses (real or imagined), not to exempt Congresscritters from the law.

146 posted on 03/31/2006 10:02:40 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Congresspeople on their way to or from work cannot be detained or charged with minor offenses. Its in the constitution.

Where in the Constitution?
151 posted on 03/31/2006 10:10:36 AM PST by jimbo123
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