The appellate panel agreed the officers hadn't put the victim in danger during the standoff because she had already been ...

Do we want to do this the easy way or the hard way? That was the question a Chicago federal appeals court recently confronted, and it lays the groundwork for another search-and-seizure brain ...

"White was far from an 'unthreatening protester,' she was an active participant in an unprecedented riot at the Capitol." The ...

Qualified Immunity (QI) says that if a government official, including a police officer, violates your legal rights, the official cannot be sued civilly (for money) unless there has already been a ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government officials, ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...