Everything was going great until the male panelist attacked "Qualified Immunity." The opponents of the judicially-crafted 'qualified immunity' want to over-rule a concept created by the Supreme Court, just as many leftists shibboleths like the "exclusionary rule" were created.
Qualified immunity is used all the time to protect teachers, …
Everything was going great until the male panelist attacked "Qualified Immunity." The opponents of the judicially-crafted 'qualified immunity' want to over-rule a concept created by the Supreme Court, just as many leftists shibboleths like the "exclusionary rule" were created.
Qualified immunity is used all the time to protect teachers, nurses, doctors, and governmental workers who act IN GOOD FAITH but a court later decides the entity they work for should be held liable. Nobody is suggesting opening teachers up for litigation, just cops.
That is both dishonest and unworkable. As a long-time prosecutor I enjoyed something more - "absolute immunity," as do judges. That means that even if I acted wrongly and maliciously, so long as it was within the duties of my office, I could not be successfully sued. You take that away, and most judges will rarely render verdicts and DAs will run from controversy and hard choices every time.
Everything was going great until the male panelist attacked "Qualified Immunity." The opponents of the judicially-crafted 'qualified immunity' want to over-rule a concept created by the Supreme Court, just as many leftists shibboleths like the "exclusionary rule" were created.
Qualified immunity is used all the time to protect teachers, nurses, doctors, and governmental workers who act IN GOOD FAITH but a court later decides the entity they work for should be held liable. Nobody is suggesting opening teachers up for litigation, just cops.
That is both dishonest and unworkable. As a long-time prosecutor I enjoyed something more - "absolute immunity," as do judges. That means that even if I acted wrongly and maliciously, so long as it was within the duties of my office, I could not be successfully sued. You take that away, and most judges will rarely render verdicts and DAs will run from controversy and hard choices every time.