Senator Wants DUI Charges Dismissed Citing that Lawmakers are “Privileged from Arrest”

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=AlbertWesker;47005905]If that's true, than shouldn't federals laws supersede the state's constitution?[/QUOTE]

No I was referring to the constitution, which states officials are subject to the same laws regardless of position or rank

Which is why even if he was speeding to an event, being drunk is illegal behind the wheel

[wauterboi]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47006138]Either you didn't read the article part about him being drunk, or you're incredibly stupid.

Probably both.[/QUOTE]
Okay, we get it. I don't see why dumb posts like his deserve a million responses, especially because it usually starts derailments or, at the very least, restates the same thing already said.

[James]

[QUOTE=Sableye;47006394]No I was referring to the constitution, which states officials are subject to the same laws regardless of position or rank

Which is why even if he was speeding to an event, being drunk is illegal behind the wheel[/QUOTE]

You could argue that everyone is following the same law, including section 43 mentioned in the article, even though said section only mentions law makers.

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;47006121]Ah, another quality post from JohnFisher89.

"drunk driving is fine if you're wealthy, or hold a position of political power".[/QUOTE]

If you're going to condemn someone, do it for the right things, instead of shoving words in their mouth. They didn't make any mention of class or status.

[JennyC6]

Politicians should be held to a [i]higher[/i] standard than JimmyBob and his redneck friends. You drink and drive? You go to jail. You drink and drive and also serve in the senate? You go to jail, you lose your senate seat, you lose any chance of ever holding any public office again, and you forfeit the last 12 months of salary you were paid.

[Used Car Salesm]

Ha, you're a state senator in Kentucky, dude. You're a JV politician. You're not above the law.

[Col. Buggernuts]

[QUOTE]Smith and his attorney are citing a century-old rule, Section 43 of the Kentucky Constitution, which is still on the books and states:

“The members of the General Assembly shall, in all cases except treason, felony, breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance on the sessions 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.”[/QUOTE]Even if he does manage to weasel his way out of it through a century-old law, he's just handed his future electoral opponents a goldmine of campaign material.