The Supreme Court's Failure To Protect The Right To Assemble Has Led Directly To Violence Against Protesters

The Supreme Court's Failure To Protect The Right To Assemble Has Led Directly To Violence Against Protesters

4 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200820/12133545154/supreme-courts-failure-to-protect-right-to-assemble-has-led-directly-to-violence-against-protesters.shtml

It appears the Supreme Court is unwilling to address a another problem it created.

The first major problem created by the Court has been discussed here quite frequently. Qualified immunity was created by the Supreme Court in 1967 as a way to excuse rash decisions by law enforcement if undertaken in "good faith." Since then, it has only gotten worse. Fifteen years later, the Supreme Court added another factor: a violation of rights must be "clearly established" as a violation before a public servant can be held accountable for violating the right. Further decisions moved courts away from determining whether or not a rights violation took place, relying instead on steadily-decreasing precedent showing this violation was "clearly established."