- 1.6.1Compensation; Privilege from Arrest; Speech or Debatenot yet published The trio of compensation, limited arrest immunity, and Speech or Debate protection establishes the material and legal scaffolding for legislative independence. The Speech or Debate Clause carries the structural load; the arrest privilege is functionally obsolete; the compensation provision's political dynamics work against its original purpose.
- 1.6.2Incompatibility and Emolumentsnot yet published The incompatibility and ineligibility clauses enforce separation of powers at the personnel level — preventing dual office-holding and removing the incentive for Congress to create or enrich offices for its own members. The prohibitions hold; the strain is the Saxbe fix's unchallenged circumvention of the ineligibility rule and the standing barriers that prevent judicial enforcement.