Abstract
Qualified immunity, a defense created by the imagination of the Supreme Court, prevents citizens of their right to hold law enforcement officers liable when they clearly violate a citizens constitutionally protected right. Throughout this paper, I will describe the historical context of Supreme Court decisions regarding qualified immunity, clarifying the errs in logic that perpetuate a system of racial violence, while using the doctrine of stare decisis to justify the overturning of the decisions that created the defense of qualified immunity.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Laisha
(2024)
"Qualified Immunity: The Court's Brain Child & License to Kill,"
The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy: Vol. 8:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
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