[free-sklyarov] pointless quip

[Declan McCullagh]

I think Nick's idea is he won't "question" congresscritters who pass
really bad laws for their "speech or debate," but for their votes. :)

-Declan


On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:55:33PM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> James S. Tyre writes:
> 
> > At 12:00 PM 7/26/2001 -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote:
> > >There ought to be mandatory minimum prison sentences for the creation
> > >or passing of bad law.
> > 
> > You would, of course, have to amend the Constitution to do so, at least for 
> > federal lawmakers.
> 
> I learned this fact from you, so you've got me trained to explain it
> to other people. :-)
> 
> 	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.
> 
> 	U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 6
> 
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