SINCE 1828
speech or de·bate clause
Legal Definition of speech or debate clause
: a clause in Article I, Section 6 of the U.S. Constitution granting members of Congress a privilege from arrest and legislative immunity for any speech or debate made in either of the houses
— called also speech and debate clause
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