Twist_U_Up
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Sat Apr-01-06 12:58 PM
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McKinney cannot be arrested. |
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Section 6. Clause 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. 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.
In 1998, 84 Representatives and Senators were released after being stopped by police for driving while intoxicated, clear breaches of peace and felonies. All the members claimed congressional immunity.
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Sat Apr-01-06 12:59 PM
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1. I don't think it's the 'stop' that they're arresting her for ... |
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.... it's the 'slapping' of the officer.
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:36 PM
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10. Uhm, thats alleged "slapping" |
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Sat Apr-01-06 07:20 PM
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13. Um, that's why I had it in quotes? |
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:00 PM
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2. cite to the arrest factoid? |
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Because I don't even think that many congressmen drive themselves, much less get stopped. The clause seems pretty limited in time, and besides, DUI can be a felony and is excepted.
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:01 PM
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after session. Many have in the past and will in the future be arrested for criminal acts. This only covers them during session.
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:03 PM
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:05 PM
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5. I think Tom DeLay would have to argue with that statement - it only |
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applies to them coming and going into session, so that they can't be prevented from doing the business they were elected to do.
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:07 PM
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6. Why do you people keep defending the wrong thing? |
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Now, just because you're on her side, you're making a case that she's above the law.
Stop it. You are making fools of yourselves. You are acting like Bush Republicans. Neither would McKinney pull this crap nor appreciate what you're doing.
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:13 PM
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7. Well put.We tend to scream when it's Them, and we howl when it's Us. |
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Edited on Sat Apr-01-06 01:14 PM by TomInTib
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:23 PM
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8. Breach of the Peace - Bang anything can be a Breach of the Peace in a cops |
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Sat Apr-01-06 01:50 PM
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11. Wish the unconscious right-wingers among us could get as self-righteous |
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and pompous about the devastation and desperate suffering Bush has wrought all over the world in our names.
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Sat Apr-01-06 07:24 PM
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14. unconscious? I'm really beginning to wonder.... |
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I'm stunned by the quickness to judge
anyone remember if people here laid into Cindy Sheehan so instantaneously, when it was first STATED that she unfurled a banner in Congress?
I don't think so
wait til some frickin FACTS are revealed, pomposoids
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