Posted on 08/26/2026 9:24:01 AM PDT by CFW
A federal appeals court declined to toss the case against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), even as the panel split over a matter where she is accused of attacking law enforcement with her forearms in a scuffle with immigration agents.
The ruling on Wednesday from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals comes as McIver has pushed to get the case dismissed on various grounds, including that her visit to the Delaney Hall detention facility was carried out in her role as a legislative official and should be protected by prosecution under the Speech or Debate Clause.
The three-judge panel declined to toss the case on a number of grounds raised by McIver, finding that while her inspection of Delaney Hall was protected under the clause, her intervention in the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) was not.
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🚨 BREAKING THE ACTIVIST JUDGE HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT!
Judge Indira Talwani just *LIFTED* her egregious injunction against President Trump’s U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rules for the midterms — saying she has NO CHOICE after the Supreme Court put her in her place.
May her butt hurt for weeks!
And in more good news to butt-hurt the left....
A Maryland judge blocked a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map, ruling lawmakers violated ballot procedures and used misleading language. The ruling is paused pending appeal.
ruling here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kahttfMQ_VF5fXeJWa8YI9xtjSmATyoa/view
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