Show Notes - History Of Qualified Immunity

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Episode # 64

Today on Legalese we are talking about the history of the qualified immunity doctrine.

We do a deep dive into constitutional law and common law to show just how ahistorical this doctrine is, having been invented out of nothing by the Supreme Court in the 1980’s.

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Qualified Immunity

• Shielded: For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection (Reuters Articles on Qualified Immunity)

  • Part 1 | Supreme Defense

  • Part 2 | Wrong Place, Wrong Time

  • Part 3 | Dueling Rights

  • Part 4 | Color of Suspicion

• Ask the author: Reuters on the consequences of qualified immunity for police officers

Case Law

Aldaba v Pickens

• Aldaba v. Pickens, 844 F.3d 870 (10th Cir. 2016)

• Aldaba v. Pickens, 777 F.3d 1148 (10th Cir. 2015)

• Pickens v. Aldaba at SCOTUSBlog

Aldaba v Marshall County

• Aldaba v. Marshall County, No. 13-7034 (10th Cir. 2015)

• Aldaba v Marshal County District Court

SALAZAR-LIMON v. HOUSTON

• Salazar-Limon v. City of Houston at SCOTUSBlog

• Salazar-Limon v. City of Houston at Cornell Law

• Salazar-Limon v. City of Hous., 826 F.3d 272 (5th Cir. 2016)

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803).

• Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)

Little v. Barreme, 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 170 (1804).

• Little v. Barreme, 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 170 (1804).

Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982).

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982).

Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009).

• Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009).

Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843 (2017).

• Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843 (2017).

Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335 (1986).

• Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335 (1986).

Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).

• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).

Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547 (1967).

• Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547 (1967).

Myers v. Anderson, 238 U.S. 368 (1915)

• Myers v. Anderson, 238 U.S. 368 (1915)

Anderson v. Myers, 182 F. 223 (C.C.D. Md. 1910)

• Anderson v. Myers, 182 F. 223 (C.C.D. Md. 1910)

Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635 (1987).

• Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635 (1987).

Laws & Statutes

• Amendment XIV, § 5, Clause 1 at Cornell Law

• Constitution Annotated Overview of Enforcement Clause

• Proclamation on Enforcement of the 14th Amendment

• An Act to Enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for Other Purposes, ch. 22, § 1, 17 Stat. 13 (1871)

• Ku Klux Act, Section 1979

• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2021)

• STATUTES AT LARGE: 17 Stat. ch. 17, 42d Cong., Act of April 19, 1871

Strict Rule Of Personal Official Liability

• Strict Liability at Cornell Law

• Strict Liability: Legal Definition & Examples

Articles

• Akhil Reed Amar, “Of Sovereignty and Federalism,” Yale Law Journal 96, no. 7 (1987)

• Antonin Scalia, Common-Law Courts in a Civil Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws, in A Matter Of Interpretation, 29–37 (Amy Gutmann ed., 1997).

• Steven L. Winter, The Meaning of "Under Color of" Law, 91 MICH. L. REV. 323 (1992)

• The Supreme Court’s Role In The Police Accountability Controversy

• Promoting Accountability: State and Federal Officials Shouldn’t Be Above the Law

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