Thursday, May 29, 2014

Supreme Court rules Secret Service agents entitled to immunity while protecting president

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that US Secret Service [official website] agents are entitled to qualified immunity despite having treated a group of protesters differently based on their viewpoints. In 2004 while then-president George W. Bush [official profile] was campaigning for re-election, groups of protesters and supporters rallied around the patio-area of the restaurant where the president was dining. At the direction of two Secret Service agents responsible for the president's security, local police...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/supreme-court-rules-secret-service-agents-entitled-to-immunity.php

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