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[–] 94Slacker 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The Speech or Debate Clause is a clause in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1). The clause states that members of both Houses of Congress

...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 from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

The intended purpose is to prevent a President or other officials of the executive branch from having members arrested on a pretext to prevent them from voting a certain way or otherwise taking actions with which the President might disagree.

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[–] Paladin_Diver 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Excellent share of the actual clause. I love it when people post like this.

"except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace"

You just gotta love the forethought of our Founders, creating the exception exactly as it should be.