Thousands Of Law Students Demand Congress Allow The Constitution To Apply To ICE
Congress could solve the immunity problem... they just don't want to.
ICE Kills A Woman In Minneapolis And Will Probably Get Away With It
Qualified immunity means never having to say you're sorry — even when you shoot a legal observer through her car window.
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Ed Martin Case Against Tish James So Bad, He’s Begging Her To Pretty Please Resign So It Looks Like He’s Done Something
Democrats should run on waiving qualified immunity.
Ninth Circuit: No Immunity For Officer Who Shot Peaceful Protester In The Groin
From the thugs-gonna-thug dept
Officers Beat You Up In Front Of Your House? Good Luck Using Bivens
What a safe country to live in!
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Qualified Immunity Was Just A Legal Mistake This Whole Time?
This could be the bloodiest 'forgot to carry the one' incident that everyone just ran with in American history.
CATO Institute Is 100 Percent Right About Police Brutality
Broken clocks and what have you.
Court: Yeah, No One’s Going To Feel They’re Free To Go When Cops Are Firing Bullets Through Their Front Door
Each bullet means you're even freer!
Police Can Legally Set You On Fire Because Someone In The 1800s Made A Copying Error
If the Reviser were alive today, maybe we'd give him qualified immunity for all the lives he's ruined.
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Qualified Immunity May Not Be A License For Police To Kill Folks Asking For Help After All
'But how can I do my job if I can't choke out handcuffed people who pose no imminent threat?' - Some cop who thinks he's a good apple.
Morning Docket: 06.01.22
* We just might be one step closer to "qualified immunity" no longer being a "license to kill." [Reason] * Florida's medical malpractice law keeps litigants in the dark. [WFLA] * Come June 12th, it'll be even easier to carry guns in Ohio. No way this will lead to more mourning mothers! [WTOL] * Philly wants to reinstate a law that requires the reporting of lost or stolen firearms within 24 hours. [Axios] * We don't do that here: The 9th Circuit rules that plaintiffs don't have to decline the option to arbitrate medical malpractice claims for federal court. [Claims Journal]
Appeals Court Hands Qualified Immunity To Cops Who Arrested Someone Over Satirical Facebook Posts
How could they have known?
Qualified Immunity Denied To Officer Who Tased Man In The Genitals
Let the jury do its job.
Morning Docket: 12.17.21
* Officers talk race and sex in the uniform. I'm sure the "back the blue" folks will rush at this opportunity to create a safer workplace for the women in blue. [NBC Washington] * New Orleans police will be deputizing citizens to enforce the law. Don’t worry, it’s apparently more hall monitor-y than what Philadelphia did. [The Lens] * After New Jersey opened up applications for weed growers, manufacturers and testing lab operators, people quickly dispensed with their applications. [App] * With great power comes great responsibility. Especially if they get rid of qualified immunity in Vermont. [Burlington Free Press] * New York is broadening the reach of its whistleblower protections and passing a digital workplace monitoring law. I wonder if either of these statutes will have a section on the proper use of emojis in emails. [National Law Review]