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To: Kaslin
HUH???

A crime? Doesn't really matter.
Section 6
... and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

The Constitution says the courts have no say...

10 posted on 01/11/2013 1:37:56 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Drango
... and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

The Constitution says the courts have no say...

Not so; that prohibition against questioning applies to "speech or debate" in one of the Houses -- this certainly does not mean that they cannot (a) be called as witnesses for some act, or (b) cannot be tried for crimes committed.

13 posted on 01/11/2013 1:47:06 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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