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Judge James C. Ho recently described a troubling phenomenon on the 5th Circuit and the government abuse it enables.
A federal appeals court dismissed the NRA's lawsuit accusing a New York state official of infringing its free speech by ...
A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of the National Rifle Association's lawsuit accusing a New York ...
A federal appeals court dismissed the NRA's lawsuit against a New York state official, Maria Vullo, for allegedly violating ...
A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of the National Rifle Association's lawsuit accusing a New York ...
Police officers are already protected by the Supreme Court’s “Reasonable Standard” decision. Reasonable errors are not ...
Qualified immunity leaves ample room for accountability, and plaintiffs regularly prevail in court. In 43 percent of cases alleging excessive force between 2017–2019, courts held that the ...
“Qualified immunity is not a law, it is a court decision that has been wreaking havoc on courtrooms around the country for years,” Bass, one of the lead Democratic negotiators, ...
Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know that her actions were unconstitutional.
Qualified immunity, established by the Supreme Court in 1967, effectively protects state and local officials, including police officers, from personal liability unless they are determined to have ...
A former Thermopolis police sergeant in a Monday court filing denied any wrongdoing in a fatal April 2023 shootout that left ...
A three-member panel of U.S. Appeals Court judges said a Coralville police officer had qualified immunity when he shot a man ...