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This is quite common. British parliamentary systems offer immunity to members in their official acts. Why? Because, and this is purely hypothetical (lol), an

by refurb 2y ago

This is quite common. British parliamentary systems offer immunity to members in their official acts. Why? Because, and this is purely hypothetical (lol), an opponent could try and convict politicians with spurious charges to get them out of power. Singapore’s ruling party loves this tactic. Political opponent is charged with defamation, and if fined more than $5,000, they are no longer eligible to run for office. It’s a commonly used political weapon which is why most democracies offer immunity.

xorcist 2y ago
Absolute immunity does not make for a credible juridical system. While most democracies have some sort of restrictions, a full out absolutely immunity is not very common. Wikipedia has a (non-inclusive) list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_immunity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_immunity
- refurb 2y ago
  The Supreme Court decision wasn't absolute immunity? So...kinda the same?