The Attack on Qualified Immunity Part IV

  In Parts I and II, the concept of qualified immunity was discussed, as was the origin of the doctrine. Also noted was the fact that those who wished to remove this “good faith” protection for police officers in the legislative and judicial branches of government were making no efforts to eliminate the immunity that …

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The Fight to End Qualified Immunity- Part I

“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress…”.