Sentence examples for judicial privilege from inspiring English sources

"Judicial Privilege: The Right to Privacy" (Week in Review, May 10) points out that grand jury proceedings are cloaked in secrecy to protect the privacy and reputations of those who might come under prosecutorial scrutiny without having engaged in criminal activity, at least to the extent that there is evidence sufficient to indict them.

Advocates of recall argued that Persky misused his judicial privilege in his sentencing; detractors argued that recalling a judge set a worrying precedent for the judicial system.

A rare early imperial inscription of the late 460s details the judicial privileges accorded to Phaselis.

In 1771 he successfully exploited the judicial privileges of the city to prevent the arrest for breach of privilege of printers who reported parliamentary debates.

He said Mr Giuffre had perpetuated the trend that every new turncoat would attack Mr Dell'Utri and the former prime minister Giulio Andreotti in order to earn money and judicial privileges.

One can argue, for example, that privacy of online confessions should be protected under judicial privileges or related doctrines that encourage full disclosure by penitents (a question with implications extending well beyond a given religious doctrine or community).

Typically, it is limited by prohibitions against libel, defamation, obscenity, judicial or parliamentary privilege and the like.

He wrote seven books and more than 100 articles covering such topics as impeachment, executive privilege, judicial review and the death penalty, thrusting himself to the center of the incessant and tortuous national debate on constitutional interpretations.

When objections have been raised – on the state secrets privilege, judicial oversight of Bagram or even this action – in each instance, the Obama administration was forced to make filings in court proceedings it inherited from the Bush administration on a timeline out of its control.

I, §3, cl. 6. Nixon sought a declaratory judgment that his impeachment conviction was void and that his judicial salary and privileges should be reinstated.

6. Nixon sought a declaratory judgment that his impeachment conviction was void and that his judicial salary and privileges should be reinstated.