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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Rights

Apr. 12, 2019

Conservatives, liberals and libertarians urge justices to reconsider qualified immunity

Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a decades-old, judge-made doctrine that stymies civil rights lawsuits advancing novel constitutional claims.

Conservatives, liberals and libertarians urge justices to reconsider qualified immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court is under pressure to review the doctrine of qualified immunity. Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor have in footnotes or dissents suggested discomfort with the doctrine (New York Times News Service ).

Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a decades-old, judge-made doctrine that stymies civil rights lawsuits advancing novel constitutional claims.

Earlier this week, the high court was flooded with amicus briefs from policy groups and law professors on both sides of the ideological spectrum, urging the justices to redefine the doctrine of qualified immunity, the perennial Boogeyman to civil complaints filed under ...

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