A legal expert described Monday how the Supreme Court's previous rulings have led to why ICE agents have acted as they have ...

What it means in practice is that any officer—whether state, local, or federal—who violates the Constitution won’t be held ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

A federal judge says two Osceola County deputies do not have qualified immunity in a deadly shooting from 2022 outside a ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...

“We cannot stand idly by while rogue federal agents—emboldened by the Trump White House—ravage our communities, brutalize ...

A Jackson County detective was denied qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging he lied in an affidavit. Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability unless their conduct violates ...

Section 1983 affords a judicial remedy to individuals who suffered deprivations of federal constitutional rights by state and local officials. And yet, in case after case, §1983 plaintiffs who were ...

Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that tribal officials could not claim sovereign immunity or qualified immunity from potential liability for failure to remit taxes on cigarette sales ...