Speaking of Amy Coney Barrett not being some big government ogre, let's take a look at her ruling on qualified immunity in the case of a police detective who allegedly framed an innocent family man for murder -- she wasn't having it: reason.com/2020/09/23/amy…
2/ Conservatives are divided on the issue of qualified immunity. This judicially-created doctrine shield government wrongdoers high and low, from individual liability for violating Americans' civil rights. Like the ATF agents who shoot your dog when breaking down the wrong door/
3/ or the campus administrators who say that some "reformed" terrorist or that white fragility charlatan can speak on campus but @AnnCoulter or @MrAndyNgo can't. Why should they get away with violating the constitution? They shouldn't, but thanks to qualified immunity, they do!/
4/ Why should a mayor and police chief be able to force citizens attending a Trump rally into an urban canyon lined with a violent, armed mob of unhinged paid thugs who attack them, and get away with it? They should not. Judge Barrett has been good on this issue so far./
5/ Both Justice Ginsburg and also Justice Thomas have been critical of the doctrine. It's made up by judges to protect government wrongdoers. It needs to be carved up or junked in favor of legislative solutions instead. Based on her prior rulings, Judge Barrett holds promise.
*shields
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