Tennessee bill would expand weed-killer manufacturers’ legal immunity • Tennessee Lookout
The Republican-backed bill, which passed the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, provides pesticides and herbicide companies, including Bayer, which owns Roundup, with broader protection from lawsuits. Senate Bill 527, sponsored by Sen. John Stevens of Huntingdon, provides legal immunity to pesticide manufacturers unless federally approved labels warn of illness. The Environmental Protection Agency label […]
Mark Finchem claims legislative immunity fighting traffic ticket
Prescott, Arizona (Az Family) -Arizona lawmakers who were recently handed over by police want to dismiss his civil speeding ticket, citing a state law that allows members of the legislature to grant certain privileges and immunity. Police records obtained by Arizona Family Arizona Senator Mark Finchem (R-District 1/Yavapai County) was pulled in the evening near […]
Turley Says Merchan Refusing To Toss Trump Conviction Blows Up Media Narrative About SCOTUS Immunity Ruling
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday that Judge Juan Marchan’s refusal to overturn President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction has undermined media coverage of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision. he claimed. Marchan on Monday night asked Trump’s lawyers to dismiss the president-elect’s 34 convictions for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up $130,000 in […]
Byron Donalds And Charlamagne Team Up To Fact-Check Ex-CNN Commentator On Qualified Immunity For Police
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donald and radio host Charlamagne Tha God on Tuesday helped fact-check former CNN commentator Angela Rye's claims about qualified immunity for police. Qualified immunity protects police officers from civil lawsuits unless they violate “clearly established” rights. While making a guest appearance,The Breakfast Club” Rye appeared to take issue with Donald's assertion […]
CNN Panelist Torpedoes NYT Journo’s ‘Absurd’ Claim That Immunity Ruling Could Make Presidents Kings
National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry on Saturday rejected claims by New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro that the Supreme Court's immunity ruling could elevate the president to monarchy. The Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that the president is immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” performed while in office. Garcia-Navarro told “The Chris Wallace […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Harris’ Claim About The SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling
At a campaign rally in Michigan on August 7, 2024 Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris Claimed Former President and 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump will now be “immune from anything he does in the White House” due to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Verdict: No evidence While some experts […]
Jack Smith Requests Delay In Trump Case To Assess Impact Of Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday night requested a delay in former President Donald Trump's election interference case. The prosecutor Filing The government is still assessing the impact of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling and has asked for the timeline to be pushed back by several weeks. Judge Tanya Chutkan had originally scheduled the […]
Judge Chutkan Faces Long Road To Get Trump Case Back On Track After Presidential Immunity Ruling
District Judge Tanya Chutkan will face a challenge getting Trump's lawsuit back on track, which is unlikely to go to trial before the election and probably never will. After months of delays in the election interference case prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith due to former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity appeals, the case was […]
Dems Are Escalating Supreme Court War With Unconstitutional Bill Targeting Presidential Immunity Ruling, Experts Say
“All of that is unconstitutional.” Democrats' recently introduced bill targeting the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity highlights their willingness to weaken co-equal branches of government if they don't like the outcome of the ruling, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Days after President Joe Biden was inaugurated It is called Calling for […]
‘Lock Him Up’: Charlamagne Says Biden Should Use Immunity ‘Powers’ To Jail Trump And ‘Protect’ Democracy
Radio host Charlaman the God, in a podcast episode posted to YouTube on Friday, called on President Joe Biden to use the Supreme Court's recent immunity ruling to jail former President Trump and protect democracy. In a July ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the president enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution for “official duties” performed […]