Timeline for answer to Are members of congress protected from lawsuits for their speech outside of Congress under rules of Standing or the Speech and Debate clause? by doneal24
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| Oct 4, 2021 at 0:19 | comment | added | Burt_Harris | @doneal24, sorry for any edit conflicts. I think the actual quote from the DOJ is really the key here, it certainly gives me the hope that arguing some sort of official immunity might be ruled out. | |
| Oct 3, 2021 at 20:38 | comment | added | cpast | The Westfall Act's provisions aren't identical to the Speech or Debate Clause. The Speech or Debate Clause generally provides stronger immunity (both civil and criminal) but on a narrower range of topics (only legislative actions count, not other official business like calling executive agencies on a constituent's behalf). | |
| Oct 3, 2021 at 18:37 | comment | added | doneal24 | I think your edits just undid the more expansive comments I added to the answer including a link to congress.gov. | |
| Oct 3, 2021 at 18:36 | history | edited | Burt_Harris | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2021 at 18:35 | history | edited | doneal24 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2021 at 18:28 | comment | added | Burt_Harris | Good start @doneal24. Best practice for an answer on SO is to extract quotes from such news articles (with citations of course.) Link-only answers can rapidly become less useful. | |
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| S Oct 3, 2021 at 18:25 | history | answered | doneal24 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |