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 ...

In the span of just a few weeks in February and March, qualified immunity made headlines in three very different ways. A civil-rights organization publicly urged New York's governor to abolish it ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government officials, ...

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 ...

When people argue about police accountability, one term keeps getting mixed up on purpose: qualified immunity. We are told that if qualified immunity is limited or ended, police officers will be ...

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 ...