Qualified Immunity

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against claims of qualified immunity in the case of alleged mistreatment of a prisoner by correctional officers. In a 7-1 unsigned ruling, the nation's ...

Police groups are concerned that making it easier to sue police officers for damages would cause them to ...

Joining a chorus of lawmakers calling for police accountability, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Bernie Sanders ...

Commentary The time for serious police reforms has come. There is no ignoring that fact. Cities and states ...

Breaking from his Republican Colleagues, Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) is introducing a bill on Tuesday to limit qualified immunity for ...

The Supreme Court on June 15 declined to revisit a widely debated legal doctrine—known as "qualified immunity"—that insulates ...

Republican Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is leading the GOP effort to draft police reform legislation in response to ...

Nationwide protests against police violence are still persisting more than a week after George Floyd died while taking ...

Congressman Justin Amash (I-Mich.) is introducing legislation that will remove a law called “qualified immunity,” which makes it ...