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The constitutional provision that protects legislative acts from inquiry and its implications for investigations of members of Congress.
follows a layered, legally cautious process when : investigations are usually handled by but — under recent formal guidance — require heightened consultation with and other Main Justice offices before...
The Speech or Debate Clause shields senators from being "questioned in any other Place" for acts that are integral to the legislative process, a constitutional protection designed to preserve legislat...
The Department of Justice decides whether to investigate a Member of Congress through a blend of legal limits (constitutional privileges like the Speech or Debate Clause), internal policies that funne...
The Speech or Debate Clause bars the Department of Justice from using a Member’s protected legislative acts as the basis for prosecution, civil liability, or compelled testimony, and it creates eviden...