Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is the genius who thought it would be a good idea to hide an illegal alien in her courthouse and help him escape through a side door when ICE agents came to nab him. It turned out to be a spectacularly bad plan as first the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended her in late April, and then on Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted her on two charges. She’s facing up to six years in prison and a maximum fine of $350,000.
Now the judge is arguing for the case to be tossed out, and her basic argument is that she is above the law:
“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,” her attorneys argued in the motion.
Ah, the old “judicial immunity” argument. (Actually, it’s not old to me; I’ve never had…
