Does Craig have immunity from prosecution?
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I was watching CNN this morning which had the usual debating-heads babble -- this time it was over the question of whether Sen. Larry Craig should resign. One of the combatants said, basically, that Craig should resign because he was too stupid to know that members of Congress are immune from charges during, and immediately before and after participating in a congressional session.
A blogger -- it's always the bloggers ain't it? -- says that's simply not true
So what Larry Craig was claiming when he showed the arresting officer his business card was not “Senatorial immunity” which has some limited actual existence under the Constitution, but corrupt special privilege, which unfortunately is fairly common–see Beltway-itis: When Politicians Attack, by Michelle Malkin, just the other day.
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