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Indemnification against civil liability is very different from immunity from criminal prosecution. Any employer can provide liability insurance, but only the S
by michael1999 3y ago
Indemnification against civil liability is very different from immunity from criminal prosecution.
Any employer can provide liability insurance, but only the Supreme Count can grant carte-blanche to commit crimes.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Indemnification against civil liability is very different from immunity from criminal prosecution Neither qualified nor judicial immunity provide for immunity from criminal prosecution.
- michael1999 3y agoThe last 40 years of judge-invented prosecutorial immunity paint a different picture.
- michael1999 3y agoI'll reply more carefully since this is just so evil. The current interpretation of prosecutorial immunity allows: - initiating prosecution entirely for political or racial reasons - falsifying evidence - coercing false testimony - hiding evidence Technically, they can face the bar, or even criminal prosecution. But professional courtesy keeps them safe from criminal prosecution unless ugly facts are made public. Since the invention of immunity in 1978, those ugly facts are rarely discovered. These two forces combine to yield effective criminal immunity.
- thorncorona 3y agoIsn't the president the only one who can technically do that through pardon? Supreme court can only rule they are legal under current laws.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Isn't the president the only one who can technically do that through pardon? No, so can individual prosecutors and Congress, through immunity grants.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Indemnification against civil liability is very different from immunity from criminal prosecution. Qualified, judicial, and absolute immunities are (among others) immunities from civil, not criminal, liability that apply to public officials in different conditions.