From Zorn v. Linton, decided today in an unsigned per curiam opinion: On the Governor's inauguration day in Vermont, protesters staged a sit-in at the state capitol. When the capitol closed for the ...

Qualified immunity is a judge-made doctrine that routinely shields bad cops from facing civil lawsuits over their abusive and unconstitutional behavior. All too often, a federal judge will hear a case ...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont House floor a decade ago is entitled to qualified immunity. The ruling was ...

The Supreme Court on Monday shielded a Vermont police officer from a legal claim that he used excessive force on a protester during a sit-in at the state’s Capitol. The court, in an unsigned opinion, ...