Qualified immunity can be stripped. It’s not absolute. Constitutional violations are absolutely grounds for losing qualified immunity.
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hector@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoActually no, qualified immunity shields them personally. A tortured orecedent, if the exact situation has not happened and been sued on it gets thrown out, or some ridiculous thing like that.
Abundance114@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
hector@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
In theory or what? Last I heard they were virtually immune. Courts are getting worse, not better too, and judges decide.
Abundance114@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Judges are appointed for life; there’s really no reason why they would match lock step with Trumps orders. Yes they’re conservative (not all of them), but I don’t believe they’re going to break the law or compromise their integrity for Trump.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thats a naive take considering all the ridiculous rulings coming from SCOTUS, the highest court in the land.
hector@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Are you for real? You do know about the federalist society? They groom them from law school, picking the ones less likely to come down with patriotism.
It has not been like you describe since idk when, the 70s really.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
oh gods we’re talking about all different kinds of immunity here it’s not just qualified immunity.