Oh, you said COP suckers...Judges tend to be the biggest cop suckers. Probably because judges are like the head of the gang and cops their muscle.
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Oh, you said COP suckers...Judges tend to be the biggest cop suckers. Probably because judges are like the head of the gang and cops their muscle.
I want to make a point about Judge Ho (5th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Houston). Ho has an impressive resume. He's clerked for Justice Thomas on the Supreme Court, he was Texas Solicitor General, and he's a Federalist Society contributor. On paper the guy is an ideal judicial nominee and is on our side with respect to the Second Amendment (dissented in the en banc motion to reconsider Mance). But he, like so many other 'conservative' judges are far too differential to police and governmental power.Judge Says Cops Need Qualified Immunity To 'Stop Mass Shootings'
Judge James C. Ho of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals offered a novel theory this week: "If we want…reason.com
“Ho asserts that qualified immunity is an imperative to protecting the public; without it, he implies, violence will proliferate, because officers will be too afraid to use lethal force. In reality, the contrary is true. Time and time again, civil servants—namely police officers—have used qualified immunity to avoid accountability for their outrageous, and oftentimes violent, actions.”
A diverse array of lower court judges has also been increasingly critical of qualified immunity, with many explicitly calling for the Supreme Court to reconsider the doctrine. To underscore the incredible ideological breadth of the opposition to qualified immunity, it is worth noting that the judicial critics of the doctrine now include nominees of every single President since Carter, as well as one of the two remaining LBJ appointees on the bench.
If someone, anyone, did what has been admitted to in the OP to one of my kids?....
Qualified Immunity, armed guards, moving out of state, out of the country wouldn’t give them any protection.
The problem with not having term limits is that residents of a state have a choice - vote in an incumbent who has amassed some power (the Chappaquidick Kid, for example) vs. a freshman congressperson or senator with very junior level committee assignments and little to no clout. Only term limits even the field so people don't feel it is necessary to re-elect the incumbent to preserve their state's interest.Its unintended consequences. I know several people who want term limits for Congress. (Something the Founders didn't even consider - think on that one.). But the unitended consequences include a Congress that is never held accountable long term.
The count is up to 13 now for conference in two week. I was going to post '11' after listening to the Cato podcast, but the hits keep coming. Thomas (doesn't care about precedent) is probably a lock for this as are Ginsberg and Sotomayor. Alito, Roberts and possibly Kagan are likley to support upholding the practice.Update to story posted by Knuckle Dragger (Post 36) -- SCOTUS has distributed 8 "qualified immunity" cases for May 15th conference.
Update- Cato Institute
However courts are just going to the second part. They don't say whether the government's actions violated someones's right, only that it's not clearly established. That basically leave government actors free to do it again.
It's good you're at the bar when you play that, because it could drive a teetotaler to drink.My wife and I have a game we play at Friday happy hour now. It's called 'QI or no QI'. I read from the Institute for Justice's Short Circuit newsletter and she trys to guess whether or not the court applies QI.
Danforth anchor, heavy chain anchor rhode and some heavy rope along with a trip to the bottom of a bayou for gator bait. That's how you deal with such scum!If someone, anyone, did what has been admitted to in the OP to one of my kids?....
Qualified Immunity, armed guards, moving out of state, out of the country wouldn’t give them any protection.
The problem with not having term limits is that residents of a state have a choice - vote in an incumbent who has amassed some power (the Chappaquidick Kid, for example) vs. a freshman congressperson or senator with very junior level committee assignments and little to no clout. Only term limits even the field so people don't feel it is necessary to re-elect the incumbent to preserve their state's interest.
Of course, those subject to term limits change their mind - just look at Meehan's 180 on the issue.
I seriously doubt more than .1% of voters are sophisticated enough to have any understanding of committee assignments or seniority.The problem with not having term limits is that residents of a state have a choice - vote in an incumbent who has amassed some power (the Chappaquidick Kid, for example) vs. a freshman congressperson or senator with very junior level committee assignments and little to no clout. Only term limits even the field so people don't feel it is necessary to re-elect the incumbent to preserve their state's interest.
Of course, those subject to term limits change their mind - just look at Meehan's 180 on the issue.
Correct.
Conservative judge: Legislators passing laws banning and restricting gun and gun possession, that's unconstitutional. Police searches and seizing property (including guns) for any reason, that's legit!
Liberal judge: Legislators passing laws banning and restricting guns and gun possession, that's legit. Police searches and seizing property for any reason, unconstitutional unless that reason includes probable cause and a warrant!
Neither side supports both the 2nd and 4th Amendment. And in order for the 2nd to have any real meaning, you need the 4th.
Anyone else thinking that a knee to the neck and cities on fire just might have a little influence on the SCOTUS and these QI cases?
Ditto. QI is nowhere on the news at all, and it should be the main topic. I get that the newsies have to tailor their content to a 6th grade education and attention span of a nervous flea, but making the connection between QI and police abusing power isn't rocket surgery. I suppose it takes some amount of critical thinking and a 3 digit I.Q. to extrapolate out a few years to what the world would look like without QI, and they must think that's too much to ask of the average American.Looks like the relists will continue for these....
I'm really, really surprised that nowhere in the news, Twitter, or anywhere else, is anyone making the connection between these QI petition and the focus on police misconduct following the death of George Floyd.