Levin Calls For Schiff To Be Disbarred Over Doctored J6 Committee Text Messages
(conservativebrief.com)
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Is that something new or what? Can you explain further? Thanks.
Members of Congress are given an absolute privilege to lie with impunity in the House or Senate, if they so desire, by the Speech or Debate Clause in Article I, Section 6 of the U.S. Constitution. It states that, with regard to senators and representatives, “for Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.” The Framers of the Constitution wanted to encourage debate in Congress, and they did not want that debate chilled by the threat of lawsuits.
So that goes back to the early days then. If that interpretation is correct. Interesting. Thanks for posting that. I intend to look into it.
I found it disheartening too. Everything has been bastardized since ratification.