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Efforts to Reform Qualified Immunity

Efforts to Reform Qualified Immunity There are growing calls to curtail or even abolish the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity. For instance, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has written separately from his colleagues to “note [his] growing concern with [the Supreme Court’s] qualified immunity jurisprudence.” Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843, 1870 (2017) (Thomas, J., concurring). In particular, Justice Thomas wrote that the Court’s qualified immunity analysis is no longer engaged in interpreting the [...]

By |February 11, 2025|Civil Rights, Citizens Rights|0 Comments

What is Qualified Immunity?

What is Qualified Immunity? You have likely heard the phrase qualified immunity, but what exactly is it? Qualified immunity is a court-created doctrine that shields public officials sued for violating the United States Constitution from damages for money unless their conduct violated clearly established law. What does that mean? Let’s dive into the doctrine’s history, interpretation, and application. Qualified immunity is a court-created doctrine. Broadly speaking, there are two potential sources of law in the [...]

By |January 7, 2025|Civil Rights, Citizens Rights|0 Comments

Citizens’ Right to Record the Police (Part 3)

Citizens’ Right to Record the Police (Part 3) This is the third blog post installment in a multi-part series on citizens' right to record the police. The right to record police is broad but not unlimited. The right to record the police, while broad and vital to the healthy functioning of our democracy, is not wholly unlimited. The right only extends to recordings in public or on private property in which the recorder has a [...]

By |July 18, 2024|Civil Rights, Citizens Rights|0 Comments
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