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These 6 Members Of Congress Could Help Determine The Fate Of Qualified Immunity

Beth Baumann
These 6 Members Of Congress Could Help Determine The Fate Of Qualified Immunity
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According to polling, the American people are in agreement: police reform of some kind is needed across the country. What those reforms should be, however, are still up for debate.

While the Left and Right often differ on what sort of reform is necessary, there is one topic which both sides increasingly agree needs reform: qualified immunity, or the idea that a civil servant, like law enforcement officers, cannot be sued and held personally responsible for actions violating a person’s constitutional rights unless a court ruled those actions were “clearly established” and deemed unconstitutional.

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