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The Speech or Debate clause is a constitutional provision that protects members of Congress from prosecution for their legislative speech.
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...