Senator Craig: We have thrown out the Constitution

Keep in mind I am a Libertarian and could give two tails of a rat's cheeks as to whether or not he really did it. The issue is Constitutional privileges of Senators and Representatives

Article One Section Six states that:

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.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

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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

Senator Craig was arrested just after 12 noon 11th of June. He cast a vote on a high-profile cloture motion on the Senate floor at 5:55 p.m. that same day. Was it grandstanding? Maybe but he at the same point at this juncture is protected in passage to the Session of Congress.

Since it was a misdemeanor by Constitutional principle and privilege he could not be arrested and therefore is innocent not to mention the fact that the interview that was recorded and released to the public was in fact invalid and illegally released to the public. His rights as a citizen were probably violated as it was a case of entrapment and over zealous police work.

I think Senator Craig should be ashamed of the fiasco that this has all caused the country but he is innocent, guilty of no crime, according to the Constitution of the United States of America.