A Wisconsin judge, Hannah Dugan, faces charges for allegedly helping an undocumented individual evade arrest. Her legal team argues for dismissal, citing judicial immunity, referencing a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity for official acts. Prosecutors indicted her for obstruction and concealing an individual, with possible penalties totaling six years in prison. Dugan's case reflects broader tensions around immigration policy under the Trump administration, with her legal representatives asserting her innocence and expecting a not guilty plea at her upcoming arraignment.
The problems with the prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts.
Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset.
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