310 Mich. App. 104 - Cotton v. Banks’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Except as provided by law, senators and representatives shall be privileged from civil arrest and civil process during sessions of the legislature and for five days next before the commencement and after the termination thereof. They shall not be questioned in any other place for any speech in either house. [ Const. 1963, art. 4, § 11.] [ 3 ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 298 - People of Michigan v. Todd Anthony Courser

2. “they must be an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed legislation or with respect to other matters which the Constitution places within the jurisdiction of either House. [ Id . ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 298 - People of Michigan v. Todd Anthony Courser

3. “In applying that approach, courts should be careful to distinguish between true legislative acts, which are entitled to absolute immunity, and acts that merely happen to have been performed by a legislator, but are otherwise administrative in nature.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 298 - People of Michigan v. Todd Anthony Courser