Talking About Speech or Debate: Revisiting Legislative Immunity.

The article discusses the Speech or Debate Clause which is contained in the U.S. Constitution, focusing on various judicial interpretations of legislative immunity in America by jurists such as former U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Marshall Harlan, Earl Warren, and Potter Stewart. The U.S. Congress and several American legal cases are mentioned, along with U.S. constitutional law and qualified immunity for official acts. Absolute immunity is assessed in relation to the U.S. Westfall Act.