1995-07-14 - Re: Root Causes

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: merriman@arn.net (David K. Merriman)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-14 02:53:08 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 19:53:08 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 19:53:08 PDT
To: merriman@arn.net (David K. Merriman)
Subject: Re: Root Causes
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David K. Merriman writes:
> Specifically, I wonder if it wouldn't be a better approach to *prevent* such
> measures from ever being proposed in the first place.
> 
> Is there any precedence or possibility of either filing civil or criminal
> charges against a Government official for their _official_ actions?

Not only is it a bad idea politically, but in fact members of congress
are made specifically immune by the constitution from any legal action
being taken against them for their words or actions during sessions of
congress by any body other than congress.

.pm

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