American Military News by Ryan Morgan June 15, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday that it will not consider a case that challenges the legal threshold by which police officers can be sued in civil courts.
“#SCOTUS also turns down group of cases involving doctrine of qualified immunity, which shields officials from liability for constitutional violations that do not violate clearly established law,†tweeted SCOTUSblog, a private blog that tracks Supreme Court activities.
The Supreme Court’s decision means that the issue of qualified immunity for law enforcement officers will not be on the docket when the court begins its next term starting in October.
According to Cornell Law, the doctrine of “Qualified Immunity†holds that government officials cannot be held personally liable in civil cases unless they have violated a “clearly established†statutory or constitutional right. The standard for determining whether a case can proceed against a government official’s actions is whether a “reasonable official†would believe that the actions would have violated a plaintiff’s rights.
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