> The court can only interpret law, they can't reverse a law just because a majority of people don't like it. The Supreme Court invented Qualified Immunity[1].

> The court can only interpret law, they can't reverse a law just because a majority of people don't like it. The Supreme Court invented Qualified Immunity[1]. The law before that was very clear[2]: "The Civil Rights Act of 1871 is a federal statute, numbered 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that allows people to sue the government for civil rights violations. It applies when someone acting 'under color of' state-level or local law has deprived a person of rights created by the U.S. Constitution or federal statutes." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity#History_and_background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity#History_and... [2] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-is-a-section-1983-lawsuit-against-the-police.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-is-a-section-19...