Legal Immunity Quotes

Tribal sovereign immunity is an anachronism in today’s world.

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like.

Impunity should be condemned in any corner of the world.

This is a unique legal loophole in the U.S.: If a non-native comes on a reservation and commits any crime, the non-native should be prosecuted by a federal court. Tribal law can arrest and hold someone for a year, but tribal law cannot prosecute non-natives. So since the federal courts are so overloaded, some of the cases get tossed out.

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them.

One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.

A prime minister cannot preside over Israel when an indictment has been filed against him.

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.

The president's need for complete candor and objectivity from advisers calls for great deference from the courts.

I don't doubt that there are many presidential acts that would constitute obstructions of justice if anyone but the president engaged in them but which constitute legitimate exercises of presidential power when the president engages in them.

[People] look at [Donald Trump] not prosecuting Hillary [Clinton] as maybe, uh-oh.

It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.

Until now, when powerful men committed crimes against humanity, they knew that as long as they remained powerful, no earthly court could judge them.

"I would be prosecuted and imprisoned if I did what you did." Again, different strokes for the Clintons, look what happened they get a pass, they get to collect all the paychecks and get all the glory, and get the cash while the rest of the people are suffering or dying in Benghazi.

I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution.

A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.

The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.

When a prosecutor makes a deal with someone and gives him immunity if he testifies, the prosecutor usually gets the testimony he wants.

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.

Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.

I legally can punch someone in the face and not get arrested for it, which most human beings can't do.

We cannot live in a country where losing an election functions as de facto immunity deal.

[Donald] Trump just said that he thinks his supporters will be okay and understanding with his decision not to prosecute the Clintons.