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Federal Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Nancy Mace
Court finds lawmaker’s remarks — on the House floor and online — shielded by federal immunity
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If memory serves me, ghe French, in a bygone era, found a solution for this kind of crap.
If memory serves me, the French, in a bygone era, found a solution for this kind of crap.
Jenn, you posted the complaint, not the order.
(Posting this comment at 7:15 pm on 8/20/25 for those who will come after me after she changes it.)
Please welcome, Governor Nancy Mace.
Will Nancy Mace be the first transgender governor?
She is unfit for this position.
That’s BS. She was not conducting congressional business that evening. It was nearly an empty chamber. She should be held accountable. God help us if she becomes Governor
She’s not immune from criminal prosecution. If Bland was a decent lawyer he would know that South Carolina has a statute criminalizing slander and libel. I’m sure the Charleston PD would be happy to investigate. Then again Bland is just an average lawyer
She’s not immune to criminal prosecution, generally speaking, true. But slander and libel are not statutory crimes in South Carolina, nor in Washington DC (dear God – could you imagine??? there would only be about 50 people left in Congress if so).
SC Code § 16-7-150 carries a 2 year prison sentence The statute is still on the books, and any complaints have to be accepted, arrest made for violations etc But SC is still a f-d up state. Prosecutors are crooked they cover things up too.
Direct evidence can be splattered all over the wall. but many that should be prosecuted never are. It’s like a matter that involved a long term employee in a public defender’s office in SC. The employee did wrong. But kept her job while it all was swept under the rug.
Thank you for correcting Congaree, it is absolutely a statutory criminal offense and has been used and successfully prosecuted numerous times in SC.
I stand corrected – thanks for pointing that out. But now I want to know when has anyone who was a public official actually been successfully convicted of this misdemeanor…..
Perhaps I spoke too soon…. appears that Section 16-7-150 was held to be unconstitutional in 1991 in Fitts v. Kolb. So while on the books, its effectively toothless.
Does the ACT this judge says allows Mace to spew venom in contrast with the EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW ACT?
WHY is an elected politician immune while others are not? According to the Equal Rights Act, they are not. So Congress again has f*cked shit up.
So many Republicans relying on gubmint to protect them from things we ordinary citizens aren’t shielded from.