Clark Neily details how qualified immunity came to be and why Americans must end it.
The Struggle to End Qualified Immunity So Far
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Qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine that shields public officials, like police officers, from liability when they break the law. Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice chose to make the elimination of qualified immunity one of its top priorities nearly three years ago for the simple reason that civil society is impossible without a well‐functioning criminal justice system.
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