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U.S. Constitution could clear Craig
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Sep 05, 2007 10:41pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 5, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, didn't have to plead guilty to sex charges stemming from a men's room encounter with an undercover cop in Minnesota.
All he had to do was hand the police officer a copy of the U.S. Constitution – the document the senator swore to uphold upon first taking office in Congress 27 years earlier.
There is little ambiguity in Article 1: Section 6, which clearly states no member of Congress can be arrested while traveling to or from official session.
Craig was arrested just after 12 noon June 11. He cast a vote on a high-profile cloture motion on the Senate floor at 5:55 p.m. that same day.
This may be what a high-powered legal dream team hired by Craig is telling him now. Late yesterday, Craig's staff hinted he may not honor his commitment to resign from the Senate effective Sept. 30.
The critical section of the Constitution states: "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." |
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