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...
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