My Country – Speech and Debate Clause After the imprisonments of Sir John Elliot and Peter Wentworth in the Tower of London, our Founding Fathers took Congressional immunity into account. The Constitution states that “for any Speech or Debate in either House, [senators and representatives] shall not be questioned in any other place.” The phrase has …
My Country – Peter Wentworth and Free Speech Queen Elizabeth I believed that freedom of speech meant that anything that she wanted said could be said. Otherwise, keep it to yourself. Additionally, she noted that the House of Commons should not consider any bill concerning religion unless clergy approved the bill. Cannot imagine where the …