Pennsylvania Lawmakers Immune From Suit Over Islamic School

Pennsylvania legislators who tried to pass a law preventing a state property sale to a group seeking to build an Islamic boarding school were engaged in “quintessentially legislative activities,” and are entitled to legislative immunity, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.

Immunity also applied to letters sent to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and calls to the consulting agency that submitted a bid for the property because they’re “protective legislative fact-finding,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said in reversing the lower court.

HIRA Educational Services of North America submitted a $400,000 bid for a property in Shenango ...