Court Strikes Down Berlusconi Immunity Law

This is good news, and a the ruling by Italian Constitutional Court is a victory for the rule of law:

In 2003, Mr. Berlusconi first attempted to erect a legal shield for top officials including the sitting prime minister, the president and the heads of the lower and upper houses of Parliament, during their term in office. The law was swiftly struck down by the Constitutional Court, which argued that the law unfairly placed officials above the law. The new immunity law was introduced in the spring of 2008, but prosecutors quickly filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court.

And it has now been similarly been ruled unconstitutional.

This law was all about keeping Berlusconi out of jail, and the courts correctly ruled that it was an affront to justice.

Perhaps Obama and Holder should consider looking at the reasoning of the