Well David, it's a non-starter for me too unless ...
it includes ALL Federal officers. No exceptions.
6/10/2020 11:29 AM
Henry said...
Thing is, legally there are at least four different types of immunity, including qualified, absolute, sovereign, civil, and probably more. Qualified immunity is usually the province of municipal-level cops and executive (not legislative or judicial) branches, and would only affect them. It's my understanding that fedcops would fall under one of the other kinds. But frankly, that's a divide-and-conquer advantage for us, because if QI is attacked, most government weenies have no skin in that game anyway.
6/10/2020 9:07 PM
McEnany: Any reduction of qualified immunity for police officers a 'non-starter' for Trump admin [More]
That's wrong, but it's not hard to see why that's his position. Politically beset on all sides, he doesn't dare alienate the rank and file. Then again he's always been a law and order über alles kind'a authoritarian.
Our other choice is the communists. [Via Dave Licht]
posted by David Codrea at 11:14 AM on Jun 10, 2020
2 Comments
Close this window Jump to comment formWell David, it's a non-starter for me too unless ...
it includes ALL Federal officers. No exceptions.
6/10/2020 11:29 AM
Thing is, legally there are at least four different types of immunity, including qualified, absolute, sovereign, civil, and probably more. Qualified immunity is usually the province of municipal-level cops and executive (not legislative or judicial) branches, and would only affect them. It's my understanding that fedcops would fall under one of the other kinds. But frankly, that's a divide-and-conquer advantage for us, because if QI is attacked, most government weenies have no skin in that game anyway.
6/10/2020 9:07 PM