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Hunter Biden’s attorney files ethics complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene for showing sexual images (thehill.com)

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Hunter Biden’s lawyer filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Friday, requesting that an ethics watchdog “immediately” initiate a review of Greene’s conduct after she …

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[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As repulsive a move as this is, I'm afraid that the DC law almost certainly won't apply in this case. This was done as part of her official "speech" as a representative.

The speech and debate clause, which appears in Article 1, section 6, of the U.S. Constitution, was written before the First Amendment and has a more limited scope.

The clause, whose inclusion reflected the development in England of an independent Parliament, states that “for any Speech or Debate in either House, they [members] shall not be questioned in any other Place.” It follows a provision, now largely moot, that prevents the arrest, for civil cases, of members traveling to or from sessions of Congress.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But what about the message she sent to the people on her email list? Surely that doesn’t have the same protections of the speech and debate clause.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on what a court decides "in either house" to mean. Does it mean physically in the House or Senate chambers? Does it mean "in furtherance of their duties as a congressperson"? I know how I would rule, but I don't know how the Supreme Court would rule.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think anyone knows how the Supreme Court would rule these days.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My general rule of thumb is "whatever the conservatives want."

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I hate so much that that’s true