Expect the Venezuelan leader to raise an immunity defense to his criminal charges. Don’t expect the Trump treatment.

Maduro’s 2026 SDNY arraignment tests head-of-state immunity against U.S. narco-terror, cocaine conspiracy and abduction claims, shaping global prosecution precedent.

On Thursday, the Biden administration decreed that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman was immune from a pending civil suit for damages in federal court under the Torture Victim Protection Act for allegedly ordering the grisly ...

The latest news about government abuse can make state and local lawmakers feel powerless to act to protect their constituents. Those in power might be horrified to read about school officials strip searching 13-year-old Savana Redding, only to have those ...

Galette and Colt force the Court to confront a basic question about modern federalism: whether constitutional immunity doctrines should evolve alongside the governmental forms they regulate, or whether they should remain tethered to an earlier conception of state action that predates the rise of the public corporation.

CHICAGO (CN) - A Wisconsin drug trafficker who was granted state-level immunity for testifying about his drug activities in a missing persons investigation can still be prosecuted by federal authorities, the 7th Circuit ruled. In November 2004, Amos ...

Nicolás Maduro’s first appearance in a U.S. courtroom offered a glimpse of the legal battle ahead over rarely tested questions — chief among them whether he can claim