Article: Loving the Constitution more?(COMMENTARY)

Article: Speech or Debate Clause
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ... ... concerning the Speech and Debate Clause was Kilbourn v ... interpreted the Speech or Debate Clause to mean that members of Congress and their aides ... against a member of Congress or a congressional ... surrounding the Speech or Debate Clause concerns the scope ...

Encyclopedia entry: Speech Or Debate Clause
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States;      700+ words ...Speech Or Debate Clause The Constitution ... that members of Congress “for ... integral part of Congress's deliberative ... under which Congress informs itself ... the Speech or Debate Clause's protection ...

Article: Sen. Chambliss Has It Wrong: Speech or Debate ...
Business Wire;  November 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... protected by the Speech or Debate Clause. In fact, the Supreme ... held that members of Congress engage in many activities ... delivered outside of Congress. CREW executive director ... stated, "The Speech or Debate Clause does not give Sen ... because he is a member of Congress. As ...

Article: Congressman Jefferson Wins Ruling on Speech or Debate ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 3, 2007 ;     447 words ... ... s ruling that the unprecedented search conducted by the FBI violated Congressman Jefferson's rights under the Speech or Debate clause of the United States Constitution. As we argued, the court ruled that the Congressman had an absolute right to review his ...

Article: DEWAR 'TOO SCARED' TO DEBATE CLAUSE PLAN; It is a ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 24, 2000 ;     689 words ...FIRST Minister Donald Dewar and the Scottish Executive were yesterday accused of "running scared" over the repeal of Section 28. Keep the Clause campaigners said Dewar has refused invitations to debate the issue in public with bus tycoon Brian Souter. They make the same accusations about Education

Article: Congress exempts itself from its own right-to-know laws.
Sun (Lowell, MA);  March 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... contradict the "speech or debate" clause of the Constitution ... Information Act to the Congress would interfere with ... offices, and involve Congress in litigation filed ... The speech or debate clause has nothing to do with ... real reason is that Congress did not want the burden ...

Article: Different party, same protections of Congress; Corruption ...
The Washington Times (Washington, DC);  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... enforcement in Congress is largely a joke ... the Speech or Debate Clause and the effective ... of members of Congress accused of wrongdoing ... The Speech or Debate clause was designed to protect members of Congress from intimidation ...