immunity

Pina’s lawyers argued that he and the San Jose Police Department were protected under qualified immunity, a legal principle that shields government officials from most civil suits.

District Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District of California, who dismissed the suit, saying Grindr was shielded by broad immunity protections passed almost a decade before the plaintiff was born.

That, in turn, has led to the overturning of national abortion rights and a broad expansion of presidential immunity and power.

As recently as this week Trump reminded the Supreme Court they gave him “unlimited immunity” for any official act he takes.

Jurors were told the Metropolitan Police's diplomatic team was contacted and confirmed Mugambe had no registered diplomatic immunity in the UK.