U.S. Supreme Court
May 12, 2020
US Supreme Court lined up 13 qualified immunity petitions for Friday hearing
There are 13 certiorari petitions concerning qualified immunity in Friday’s conference, indicating to several observers the justices are ready to reconsider the doctrine altogether.
Qualified immunity, the 50-year-old doctrine intended to protect public officials from frivolous lawsuits alleging violations of constitutional rights that has also been called a shield for bad police behavior, might be reconsidered or done away when the U.S. Supreme Court meets this Friday, attorneys say.
Washington D.C.-based policy analyst Jay Schweikert of the Cato Institute believes the Supreme Court intentionally delayed the re...
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