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On today's episode of 5-4, Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about qualified immunity.

The Supreme Court doctor in the Protect Police and other state officials from getting sued

when they're operating in legal gray areas.

As you'll hear, these gray areas have come to include egregious conduct.

The courts have interpreted this qualified immunity to almost give complete immunity to the police officers.

This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have burned through America,

like a dry season brush fire through a grassland to plane.

I am Peter, Twitter's the law boy I'm here with Michael.

Hey everybody.

And Riannan.

Hello.

Today we are talking about qualified immunity.

The doctor in that insulates police and other government officials from liability

when they are sued for violating your constitutional rights.

Usually we do one case at a time, but to understand qualified immunity,

you really need to understand how it was created and how it has developed since then.

Qualified immunity has gotten a lot of public attention recently, given that police appear to be on a

nationwide rampage of unfettered violence and a corresponding self-pity campaign that is breathtaking to behold.

We had originally planned this episode as having a sort of hopeful element

because the Supreme Court was considering taking on several qualified immunity cases next year.

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