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The top decisions by the Supreme Court of 2024 covered presidential immunity for President-elect Trump, transgender protections, Chevron doctrine and more. ... Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown ...
In the immunity ruling, Barrett declined to endorse one of the key conclusions - that in any prosecution of a former president, juries cannot consider evidence touching on official acts - now ...
According to a review by Reuters, Barrett's Seventh Circuit rulings showed that she mostly sided with police and prison guards when they were accused of excessive force. [180] Due to the judicial doctrine of qualified immunity, police-officer defendants in many of these cases were shielded from civil liability because their actions were deemed ...
Legal commentator and law professor Jonathan H. Adler wrote in support of the ruling, although he sided with Barrett's concurrence as opposed to Roberts's majority ruling. Adler argued that while presidential immunity may lack explicit textual basis, it is nonetheless a logical "consequence of the nature of executive power." [89]
The panel's third member, Circuit Judge Daniel Bress, dissented, arguing that the "split-second decision" by Agdeppa presented "a classic case for qualified immunity." After the ruling was issued ...
Critics argue qualified immunity has allowed government actors, like police officers, who abused power or engaged in unethical conduct to escape responsibility by demanding the plaintiff prove they violated "clearly established" laws or rights, which is a very difficult standard to meet (most cases are unsuccessful).
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government ...
Qualified immunity of executive branch officials Harlow v. Fitzgerald: 457 U.S. 800 (1982) Absolute immunity for executive branch officials Board of Education, Island Trees School District v. Pico: 457 U.S. 853 (1982) Right to remove "objectionable" books from school libraries Northern Pipeline Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. 458 U.S. 50 (1982)