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If you eliminated qualified immunity, only fools would become government officials.
by dendriti 5y ago
If you eliminated qualified immunity, only fools would become government officials.
- syvolt 5y agoAnd if you don't, only grifters would. Quite the conundrum.
- yeetsfromhellL2 5y agoNo way, cops can abide by the laws citizens lay out democratically. QI was basically magic'd out of the judiciary's dignified asshole with no basis at all in legislation. It's extra-legal thuggery.
- salawat 5y agoYou mean, just like judicial review in the first place?
- ncmncm 5y agoOr, you know, people who need a job. People don't get immunity for regular jobs. Just don't do crimes. IMO they should lose all immunity the moment they exceed their lawful authority. I would, in particular, have Cheney tried and then strung up from a dead tree.
- woodruffw 5y agoThe null hypothesis for this would be "qualified immunity produces non-fool officials," which doesn't hold water.
- syshum 5y agoThis highlights your ignorance as to what Qualified Immunity is [1][2], which is different than Sovereign immunity, or Statutory Immunity. Government Officials would still enjoy differing levels of immunity in the course of their official duties, however qualified immunity specifically is a court created immunity that is a scourge upon the legal system that should be done away with. The legal system has methods to shield government officials from liability for doing their actual jobs, while not allowing immunity for abuse. Qualified Immunity simply shields government officials from liability for abuse [1] https://wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com/episode-219-unqualified-immunity https://wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com/episode-219-unqualified-i... [2] https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-qualified-immunity-and-what-does-it-have-do-police-reform https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-qualified-immunity-and-what...