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> You’re describing qualified immunity No, that’s not what qualified immunity does. QI applies to civil liability, which only attaches to things which have bee
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> You’re describing qualified immunity
No, that’s not what qualified immunity does. QI applies to civil liability, which only attaches to things which have been expressly forbidden.
- potato3732842 2y agoYou're right, I was erroneously conflating civil liability with generic personal consequences but the fact stands that the bits of government that have the most ability to act unilaterally in pursuit of doing their jobs without fear of personal consequence are some of the worst behaved.