A Milwaukee judge who wasĀ arrestedĀ for allegedly shielding an undocumented immigrant from ICE arrest has argued that she canāt be prosecuted based on the same case that granted President Donald Trump broad immunity for āofficialā acts.
The FBI arrested Hannah Dugan last month after she allegedly told agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they needed a warrant to arrest an undocumented immigrant who hadĀ appeared in her courtroomĀ on a misdemeanor charge.
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The motion argued that the problems with the prosecution were ālegion,ā including the fact that they allegedly violated the U.S. Constitutionās fundamental principle of federalism. But āmost immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,ā it said.
As evidence, the motion cited the 2024 Supreme Court caseĀ Trump v. United StatesĀ in which the court ruled the president had absolute immunity for āofficial acts.ā
On one hand, turnabout is always a good time. Maybe itāll clue some folks in to how bullshit that decision was, from the start.
On the other hand, lol, no it fucking wonāt. Theyāll just make up some other new bullshit reason that āno, that doesnāt actually apply, in this one specific case, where the person we want to prosecute doesnāt agree with usā.