Get on your Congressmen to support the bill and sign the new petition to the Supreme Court to end Qualified Immunity:

Government officials act like laws don’t apply to them. Because of qualified immunity, they don’t.

The Supreme Court created qualified immunity in 1982. With that, the court granted all government officials immunity for violating constitutional and civil rights unless the victims of those violations can show that the rights were “clearly established.”

What does that mean?

It requires a victim to identify an earlier decision by the Supreme Court, or a federal appeals court in the same jurisdiction that precisely the same conduct, under the same circumstances, is illegal or unconstitutional. If none exists, the official is immune.

If you’ve ever wondered why government officials don’t seem to care about your rights, the Constitution or the law, qualified immunity is why.

Government officials are expected to hold themselves to a higher standard. We, the people, expect them to operate at a higher standard. Qualified immunity is not something that should exist.

Government officials should have no concern about qualified immunity if they don’t infringe on citizens rights or the laws of our land. If government officials break our laws, or deprive citizens of their rights, they should be held accountable.

End qualified immunity.

Share this so people will understand why officials have very little accountability for their actions. Sign the petition!

change.org/p/united-states-supreme-court-end-qualified-immunity-0f4e3cca-05e8-4bc7-a77a-180fd42c847b

Wow I never f***ing knew about this wtf

End Qualified Immunity Now !!!

Signed under various identities just now

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People are sleeping right now, This is one of the main issue we should be focused on.

The #8cantwait demands that everyone seems to pandering right now will just treat the symptoms and by doing that you'll ignore and neglect the disease in our system

I mean I agree but how we gonna end it

the bill is ready, now we will need Congress's support

Possibly the most important thread on the site

no wonder elected officials treat the world like GTA but with more pdf file

Me n my crew commit atrocities like we qualified immunity

Do petitions actually work?

I think they should also make it a law (if it’s not already) to refuse and report unlawful orders. You hear the “just following orders” line too often. Idk how it could be implemented specifically but that mentality that it’s ok because you were told to do it needs to go

My brother learned about this in first year law school. Its literally how 99% of cases are done. Just referring back to older cases with similar traits and make a case

that is stare decisis

can u explain more, i dont know much about it. He is only in first year lol

Link is dead but I see Ayanna Presley is taking up this fight

the link is still working for me

Real

very important thread, never heard of this until now. as I said in the George Floyd thread, one of the most alarming things of the past few days is the violation of constitutional rights. this will lead to a slippery slope towards fascism and dictatorship.

we should all sign the petition and get on our congressmen to support the bill before it's too late