Here we go again…

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We really need to get them to review Harlow V Fitzgerald, and present them with the full text of section 1983 with the 16 missing words, as the 1871 Congress passed that law.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know much about that, but if that would get rid of qualified immunity for police then I concur.

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        1 year ago

        That’s the case that caused QI in 1982. The 16 missing words explicitly outlaw any sort of immunity for any government officials.

    • Dick Justice@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Wtf. I just googled that. How has that been allowed to continue foe a hund and fifty fucking years?? Jesus H. Christ.

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        1 year ago

        Well the case I referenced occurred in 1982, but I think it was mainly because no one took the time to look at the Congressional Record, and compare it to the text in the Federal Register.