Legislators' DWI Immunity Under Attack in Minnesota
Legislative immunity gives lawmakers a potential pass on most offenses that fall short of treason or felony when the Legislature is in session. But now two legislators, at the urging of students from Concordia University in St. Paul, are working to at least restrain that immunity so lawmakers cannot use it to escape drunken-driving charges.
Legislative immunity gives lawmakers a potential pass on most offenses that fall short of treason or felony when the Legislature is in session. But now two legislators, at the urging of students from Concordia University in St. Paul, are working to at least restrain that immunity so lawmakers cannot use it to escape drunken-driving charges.