From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 08:21:52 PDT
To: merriman@arn.net (David K. Merriman)
Subject: Re: Root Causes
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At 08:42 PM 7/13/95 -0500, David K. Merriman wrote:

>Is there any precedence or possibility of either filing civil or criminal
>charges against a Government official for their _official_ actions?
>Something that will not only make for some Serious Press, but hit them from
>an unexpected angle?

Constitution of the US
 
Article 1, Section 6

(1.) 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.


DCF