11-20-2004, 01:50 PM
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"The Fourth Circuit is dead wrong on this issue because the law basically is that legislators during their time on the floor may say whatever he or she wills without restriction or being held libelous," Hurd said. "The rules are the same for legislators at the national, state and local levels."
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I'm not sure the US Constitution speaks to that issue but it does speak to the rules in effect within the Congress of the United States. It says that each house may creates it's own rules. (which would allow, among other things, prayer) but I don't know that there is a trickle down effect. If Federal rules were in play, there would not be a unicameral body at the local level.
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