Supreme Court Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense for the First Time in Years
The “get out of jail” card for police who break the law while on duty might soon be regularly declined by courts.
(From Reason)
What remains to be seen is whether the Court will follow up by considering whether qualified immunity should be abolished entirely, or at least severely pared back. The doctrine has been severely criticized by legal scholars (including co-blogger Will Baude), and by Supreme Court justices as varied as Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor.
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