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Cato Weekly Podcast • November 19, 2021 

# The Struggle to End Qualified Immunity So Far 

Clark Neily details how qualified immunity came to be and why Americans must end it.

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### [End Qualified Immunity](https://www.cato.org/end-qualified-immunity)

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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##### [Clark Neily](/people/clark-neily)

Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute