SCOTUS sides with police on two qualified immunity cases
There were no recorded dissents in the two cases, both of which involved police officers responding to domestic disputes where women or children were allegedly being threatened by adult men.
The decisions come amid a simmering debate about the doctrine of qualified immunity, which prevents government officials from being sued for violating citizens' rights while reasonably doing their jobs unless the breached rights are "clearly established in the law."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My problem with qualified immunity is that the courts use it as an excuse to avoid hearing the merits of a case and thus "clearly defin[ing]" the citizen's rights in the law. For the past half century our Federal courts have invented dozens of ways to deny the average citizen his First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances. This is just one of the most egregious.
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