'Qualified immunity has become an extremely controversial legal issue because it creates this defense out of whole cloth,' a legal expert told Newsweek.
A Mississippi judge rebuked the U.S. Supreme Court for its definition of qualified immunity stemming from a 2020 murder case, with one legal analyst telling Newsweek that it's part of a public shift in the law's interpretation.Carlton Reeves, a district judge in the Southern District of Mississippi, wrote an opinion published Monday that the qualified immunity doctrine was 'invented by the U.S.
'Recent backlash against qualified immunityClark Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute, told Newsweek via phone on Wednesday that Reeves' ruling dates to federal civil rights law following the Civil War.It's known as 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and was enacted by Congress due to local government officials like sheriffs, constables, etc., participating in the oppression of newly freed Blacks and wanted to provide a federal remedy for anybody .
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