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What is "speech or debate" for purposes of the Speech or Debate Clause?
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Contributed in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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Member of Congress may not be questioned elsewhere about congessional speech or debate
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The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination confers on a criminal defendant the right to give relevant testimony.Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44, pin? (1987) (held, a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to testify to relevant exculpatory evidence; various federal constitutional rights -- including the....
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If a crime or act by a witness did not result in a criminal conviction but is probative of truthfulness and not unduly prejudicial, it may sometimes be used to impeach the witness.