Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement to increase accountability for police officers who use excessive force may have seen its most significant setback yet ...

The recent guest column on qualified immunity gave a biased and distorted perspective on a significant constitutional protection for public officials, especially police. Qualified immunity does not ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...

Any inconvenience governments can impose will eventually be abused as a tool of arbitrary punishment. Take, for example, the no-fly list and related watchlists, which are supposed to contain the names ...

THE ISSUE UNDER THE LEGAL MICROSCOPE, THERE’S A NEW FOCUS ON THE DOCTRINE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. >> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN JACKSON RECENTLY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE IS CONSTITUTIONAL THAT HAS BEEN ...

General skepticism toward qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that makes it difficult to sue rights-violating state and local government officials, has over the years brought together weird ...

The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights ...

As a registered Republican, I’m alarmed by the Ohio GOP’s response to the proposed amendment to end qualified immunity. Their recent press release paints this effort as a “radical” attack on police, ...

Originating from a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding the termination of government employees in retaliation for speaking out about the Nixon Administration, the doctrine of qualified immunity ...

CINCINNATI — Organizers could soon begin petitioning across the state for a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate legal immunity that protects police, prosecutors, teachers and many ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio constitutional amendment initiative filing could result in more than just a question on the ballot in November; it could result in changes to the initiative process ...