Gravel v. United States

Gravel v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 19–20, 1972 Decided June 29, 1972
Full case name	Gravel v. United States
Citations	408 U.S. 606 (more) 92 S. Ct. 2614, 33 L. Ed. 2d 583, 1972 U.S. LEXIS 21
Case history
Prior	United States v. Doe, 332 F. Supp. 930 (D. Mass. 1971); 455 F.2d 753 (1st Cir. 1972); cert. granted, 405 U.S. 916 (1972).
Holding
The privileges of the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause enjoyed by members of Congress also extend to Congressional aides, but not to activity outside the legislative process.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
Dissent	Stewart (in part)
Dissent	Douglas
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I § 6, cl. 1

Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972), was a case regarding the protections offered by the Speech or Debate Clause of the United States Constitution. In the case, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the privileges and immunities of the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause enjoyed by members of Congress also extend to Congressional aides, but not to activity outside the legislative process.^[1]