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U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law

Apr. 13, 2018

Unqualified Immunity?

After another SCOTUS summary reversal of a Qualified Immunity denial, Jay Schweikert (Cato Institute) discusses what he sees as the doctrine's suspect legal grounding and the adverse policy implications of its increasingly pro forma application, and Professor James Pfander (Pritzker School of Law) describes how QI's application stagnates constitutional tort law doctrine, and how nominal damage claims could provide a solution.

Jay Schweikert

Policy Analyst, Cato Institute

James Pfander

Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law



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Brian Cardile

Rulings Editor, Podcast Host, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reporter
brian_cardile@dailyjournal.com

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