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United States Vs. Brewster

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 29, 1972

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  1. Kilbourn Vs. Thompson US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1880
  2. Tenney Vs. Brandhove US Supreme Court · May 21, 1951
  3. Dombrowski Vs. Eastland US Supreme Court · May 15, 1967
  4. Powell Vs. Mccormack US Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1969
  5. United States Vs. Bramblett US Supreme Court · Apr 04, 1955
  6. United States Vs. Lovett US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1946
  7. Fletcher Vs. Peck US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1810
  8. U.S. 501 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Brewster
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  9. U.S. 501 (1972) United States v. Brewster
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  10. Members of Congress from inquiry into legislative acts or the motivation for performance of such acts, United States v. Johnson
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  11. descriptions, this Court has jurisdiction under the statute to hear the United States' appeal. In United States v. Knox
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  12. the statute could not be constitutionally applied. Under United States v. Sisson
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  13. indictment, which facts would constitute a defense on the merits at trial, no appeal is available. See United States v. Findley
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  14. legislators. The genesis of the Clause at common law is well known. In his opinion for the Court in United States v. Johnson
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  15. the Speech or Debate Clause in the context of a criminal charge against a Member of Congress. (a) In United States v. Johnson
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  16. Id. at 577 (emphasis added). In Kilbourn v. Thompson
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  17. Coffin v. Coffin
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  18. office of a Member was shielded by the Clause. Quite the contrary, in Johnson we held, citing Kilbourn v. Thompson
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  19. U. S. 203 , the language of Chief Justice Parsons of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Coffin v. Coffin
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  20. at 27 (emphasis added). It is suggested that in citing these words, which were also quoted with approval in Tenney v. Brandhove
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  21. But the context of Coffin v. Coffin
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  22. In Williamson v. United
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  23. Id. at 207 U. S. 439 . The subsequent case of Long v. Ansell
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  24. This may be explained in part because the third branch has intervened with neutral authority. See, e.g., United States v. Lovett
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  25. the Government. Johnson was then found guilty on the remaining counts, and his conviction was affirmed. United States v. Johnson
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  26. It is especially important to note that in Coffin v. Coffin
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  27. See Kilbourn v. Thompson
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  28. United States v. Johnson
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  29. U. S. 486 (1969) (voting for a resolution). In Coffin v. Coffin
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  30. Mass. at 28. See Cochran v. Couzens
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  31. but this country has no tradition of absolute congressional immunity from criminal prosecution. See United States v. Quinn
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  32. Burton v. United
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  33. United States v. Dietrich
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  34. May v. United
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  35. clear prohibition of the Speech or Debate Clause as interpreted by decisions of this Court, particularly United States v. Johnson
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  36. the District Court's construction of the indictment, which settled doctrine makes binding on this Court, United States v. Jones
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  37. In Kilbourn v. Thompson
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  38. In reaching its conclusion, the Court adopted what was said by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Coffin v. Coffin
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  39. all extra-congressional scrutiny as to how and why he cast, or would have cast, his vote a certain way. In Tenney v. Brandhove
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  40. of a judgment against them based upon a jury's speculation as to motives. The holding of this Court in Fletcher v. Peck
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  41. however, is that this is not an issue of first impression, but one that was settled six years ago in United States v. Johnson
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  42. Brief for the United States in United States v. Johnson
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  43. In support of this position, the Government relies primarily on the following language from the opinion in Burton v. United
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  44. United States v. Brown
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  45. could punish a Member for the mere expression of unpopular views otherwise protected by the First Amendment. See Bond v. Floyd
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  46. Barry v. United
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  47. States ex rel. Cunningham, 279 U. S. 597 , 279 U. S. 614 (1929), quoted in Powell v. McCormack
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  48. Watkins v. United
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Brewster
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  50. In United States v. Knox
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