mtswFeb 21, 2023
If conservative radicals who've stolen our courts were actually "originalists" they would take a very dim view of the government arresting people for no reason. "You cannot arrest someone without a good reason" is like the literal oldest thing in Common Law. But instead the doctrine is the nonsensical Qualified Immunity of "cops can do whatever they want to with no consequences." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-mans-bid-sue-police-arrest-facebook-parody-rcna70435
Supreme Court rejects Ohio man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody

Supreme Court declines to hear a qualified immunity case involving a claim that Parma, Ohio, police violated a man's rights by arresting him for Facebook posts.

NBC News
Show threadRoger MooreFeb 21, 2023
@mtsw
The most obvious thing about this is that qualified immunity is something completely made up by the courts in defiance of the obvious reading of statute law. It's exactly the kind of judicial activism "conservatives" claim to hate.
Show threadisaacs
@VATVSLPR @mtsw to be fair, "aristocracy can use state violence to do whatever tf they want" is even older than common law doctrine.
Feb 21, 2023 at 3:59pmWeb