Congressional Immunity and Criminal Proceedings U.S. v. Helstoski and Helstoski v. Meanor

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Privileges and immunities.

United States.

Criminal procedure.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1979-1980

Summary:

Reviews Supreme Court cases involving the congressional speech or debate immunity in the context of criminal proceedings, in which the Court ruled that the immunity prohibited the introduction of any evidence referring to a legislative act that had been performed

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Congressional Immunity and Criminal Proceedings

Publisher Number:

CRS-1979-AML-0039

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license