Hunter Biden’s lawyer filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Friday, requesting that an ethics watchdog “immediately” initiate a review of Greene’s conduct after she …

Hunter Biden’s lawyer filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Friday, requesting that an ethics watchdog “immediately” initiate a review of Greene’s conduct after she …

  • @WhereGrapesMayRule
    37•2 years ago

    Washington D.C. has laws against revenge porn. I believe there were more than six people present:

    If the sexual image is shared with 6 or more persons through “publication,” either directly or by uploading to the Internet, then the offense is First-Degree Unlawful Publication of a Sexual Image. This is a felony offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison and/or a fine of $12,500.

    • wagesj45
      4•2 years ago

      As repulsive a move as this is, I’m afraid that the DC law almost certainly won’t apply in this case. This was done as part of her official “speech” as a representative.

      The speech and debate clause, which appears in Article 1, section 6, of the U.S. Constitution, was written before the First Amendment and has a more limited scope.

      The clause, whose inclusion reflected the development in England of an independent Parliament, states that “for any Speech or Debate in either House, they [members] shall not be questioned in any other Place.” It follows a provision, now largely moot, that prevents the arrest, for civil cases, of members traveling to or from sessions of Congress.

      • @instamat
        3•2 years ago

        But what about the message she sent to the people on her email list? Surely that doesn’t have the same protections of the speech and debate clause.

        • wagesj45
          3•2 years ago

          Depends on what a court decides “in either house” to mean. Does it mean physically in the House or Senate chambers? Does it mean “in furtherance of their duties as a congressperson”? I know how I would rule, but I don’t know how the Supreme Court would rule.

          • @instamat
            4•2 years ago

            I don’t think anyone knows how the Supreme Court would rule these days.

            • wagesj45
              3•2 years ago

              My general rule of thumb is “whatever the conservatives want.”

              • @instamat
                3•2 years ago

                I hate so much that that’s true

                  • @instamat
                    1•2 years ago

                    Not so much that as the bribery and corruption allegations that a few of the justices have seen recently. That calls into question their integrity and objectivity.