Janan Broadbent
Judd LegumA landmark legal decision this week has received no media attention
In 1871, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act, which allowed people to sue law enforcement officers who violated their Constitutional rights. In 1967, the Supreme Court FLIPPED THE LAW ON ITS HEAD, using it to protect law enforcement officers who abuse their power by creating a new doctrine: qualified immunity.
A federal judge is calling on the Supreme Court to acknowledge its mistake and end the doctrine of qualified immunity
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In 1871, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act, which allowed people to sue law enforcement officers who violated their Constitutional rights. In 1967, the Supreme Court FLIPPED THE LAW ON ITS HEAD, using it to protect law enforcement officers who abuse their power by creating a new doctrine: qualified immunity.
A federal judge is calling on the Supreme Court to acknowledge its mistake and end the doctrine of qualified immunity
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An extraordinarily important legal decision just dropped, and no one is talking about it
On February 13, 2020, Nicholas Robertson was shot in Jackson, Mississippi. Wounded, Robertson knocked on the door of a nearby home. But by the time the police arrived, Robertson was unresponsive and died before he could be transported to a hospital.