Friday, May 05, 2006
"Cahs" and drivers
Glenn Reynolds asks, "SHOULDN'T THE KENNEDYS JUST HIRE DRIVERS? I mean, they can afford it."
Er, no. Who needs witnesses?
6 Comments:
By 
, at
Fri May 05, 10:28:00 AM:
They probably have a family M&P for this shit by now
By 
Georg Felis, at
Fri May 05, 12:18:00 PM:
Darnit Chsw, you beat me to it :)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html#section6
From Article 1, Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session 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.
Although I think the cop should have breathalized him and put him in the back seat of the patrol car while waiting for the results of his drivers license check. And this will not help Cynthia McKenney, because she isn’t going to be arrested “During their attendance”.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081999/criminalclass4-081999.htm
The Constitution: Protections designed for honorable men, being abused by politicians.
By Georg Felis, at
Fri May 05, 12:56:00 PM:
After a very short bit of thought, I have changed my mind in regards to the breathalyzer. Put yourself in the shoes of the Officer at the scene. A Congressman with the last name of Kennedy has just had an accident right in front of your nose. He appears drunk, smells drunk, and claims to be going to Congress which adjourned hours ago. If you cuff him and put him through the procedure, your superiors will be down on you like a ton of bricks. Your life will be ruined. Democratic writers will make public your name, your home, insinuate that you rigged the test, call for your badge, etc… Anything you may have done in your past will be dragged up, all your previous arrests will be examined, any disciplinary action ever taken against you will be publicized. Your supervisors will not support you, the Kennedy will be out on bail before you could even get him driven to the station.
OR
You call your supervisors and let them kiss up and handle the situation while you gently go home, preserve your reputation, and keep your job. Your children will not be grilled by the media, your wife will not have to answer the phone every ten seconds while you are not home, and your next paycheck will arrive on schedule.
I’m not sure I would have the gall to make the correct choice.
By Bill Dalasio, at
Fri May 05, 02:43:00 PM:
Georgfelis,
I hate to say this, but if you proved sufficiently discrete and supportive, you might even find that keeping quiet would be a career enhancer.
By John B. Chilton, at
Sun May 07, 12:32:00 AM:
TigerHawk:
Yes, your reaction was identical to mine when I read Glenn's one liner.
The example that jumps to mind is former American University president Ben Ladner's driver. He brought down a university president by drawing attention to Ladner's spending habits.
On the other hand, Ted Kennedy might have been POTUS were it not for one fateful night of drinking, driving, and swimming.
By TigerHawk, at
Sun May 07, 06:26:00 AM:
Actually, Ted Kennedy might have been POTUS if it weren't for Iran. But that's another post...
