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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:49 PM Original message |
Is it illegal to arrest a US senator? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. if that were true, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is not illegal to arrest a US senator. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. See #5 below. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Huh, thanks. How about that? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. Your right wing buddy (is he really your buddy?) is totally wrong. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Actually, it does. See #5 below. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes it does |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Well, fuck me. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. I seem to recall that it is true. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Article 1, Section 6 |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Thanks. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. "...during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses." |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Next sentence |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Not really a stupid rule, if you think about it. You could have had someone arresting |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. So what about Cynthia McKinney? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. The constitutional provision at issue is very narrow. Not invoked by Janklow or Craig |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. I believe it is ONLY if they are on their way to vote. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well if the Senate now votes in the restroom at the Minneapolis airport, |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. In fact, yes, they *can* kill someone.... |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Bill Janklow, but he wasn't DUI. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. right, speeding... I put DUI in the search (faulty memory on my part) |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Also (faulty memory again) it was just that the family couldn't sue him. nt |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. He could have just as well been DUI |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Believe or not |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Imagine that - Craig not knowing the Constitution n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Killing somebody would qualify as a breach of peace. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Official busines? Did he wipe with the Constitution? |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. He was traveling between his home in Idaho and his home in Washington, D.C. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Police can not detain Reps, Judges, Senators, Electors when |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. So what about Cynthia McKinney? |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Was she on her way to vote? I don't recall and I should have been more specific |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. post #5 = hysterical (republican official business: blowjobs!) |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. So when is anonymous gay sex in airport bathrooms considered official business? |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. when THEY do it |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
35. So, according the the RWers, soliciting for sex in public is "official business"? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Well actually this means the US Senate is now meeting in the Minneapolis airport restroom |
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