The decision supports the notion that victims are entitled to recourse when the state retaliates against people for their words. But that recourse is still not guaranteed.
The lack of oversight and the general absence of a long-term vision is creating inefficiency, waste, and red ink as far as the eye can see.
Civil forfeiture is a highly unaccountable practice. The justices have the opportunity to make it a bit less so.
Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"
Maybe taxpayers would make fewer mistakes if the federal tax code weren't so hopelessly complex.
James King is once again asking the high court to rule that two officers should not receive immunity for choking him unconscious and temporarily disfiguring his face.
Supervisors and judges tolerated outrageous constitutional violations, including illegal searches and brutal assaults.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that he wants to hold police "accountable." But he neglected to mention the elephant in the room.
There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
The actual total is probably higher according to the Government Accountability Office's new report.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
In 2020, police severely injured Karen Garner when they arrested her for petty theft. While two officers faced time behind bars for the incident, a newly released report makes even more misconduct public.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
This November, voters will have the chance to abolish it. They should.
A highway engineer got qualified immunity for detaining drivers—despite not being a cop.
Canadian legal scholar Leonid Sirota outlines some reasons why.
Such victims are often told they have no right to sue.
A federal badge will now serve as an impenetrable shield against civil liability.
A new GAO report finds that the government lacks a "national strategy with clear roles, goals, objectives, and performance measures."
There is seldom any meaningful accountability for government incompetence.
A conservative judge expressed skepticism at the panel's conclusion before issuing a strong rebuke of prosecutorial immunity.
The department lost nearly $2.4 million on data plans for iPhones and iPads that sat in storage.
One of Ralph Petty's victims is trying to hold him accountable, but she will have to overcome prosecutorial immunity.
The ordeal highlights how collective bargaining in the public sphere has stacked almost every factor against alleged victims of police misconduct.
The previous standard barring such lawsuits made “little sense," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.
"You'll have a bunch of people who plead to avoid trial or go broke trying to vindicate their rights."
Louisiana refused to release Sneed for months, despite a judge ruling several times that the state was breaking the law.
The 22-year-old man was shot by a Minneapolis police officer during the execution of a no-knock warrant on which he was not named.
Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.
It was the city that put the footage in the public record in the first place.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
A federal court wasn't having it.
In a lawsuit, Marc Crawford's widow says the state refused to give him his prescriptions and his chemotherapy.
In two opinions issued Monday, the Court gave qualified immunity to several police officers accused of violating the Constitution.
It was unconstitutional to charge Jenna Holm with manslaughter. But the state wanted to protect its own.
No accountability for government corruption.
Art Acevedo provoked many complaints, but they paled in comparison to his prior record of negligence and obliviousness.
"It gives cities a protection that ordinary citizens never have."
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 2 into law, despite some objections from police unions.
Dillon Shane Webb will thus not be able to sue for the alleged violation of his free speech rights.
It's almost impossible to hold federal officers to account.
Judge Paul Bonin profited from making defendants wear ankle monitors. The victims can't sue.
A federal court admitted the officers violated the man's rights. It doesn't matter.
Whether or not this constitutes meaningful accountability is up for debate.
Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson may face accountability for her official actions in the Ahmaud Arbery investigation.
Supporting the cause because your "side" went down is not a principled position.
Lawmakers have reportedly taken any changes to qualified immunity off the table.
