On Monday the SCOTUS dismissed (without briefing or oral arguments) an excessive force case stemming from a 2010 incident where Respondent, Amy Hughes was shot four times by Arizona Police officer Andrew Kisela. In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor stated this precedent means police can “shoot first” and “ask questions later.” In this episode I walk us through the Court’s decision and explain the legal rules at play.
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Show Notes:
Jury Nullification on the Liberty Weekly Podcast
New York Times: Supreme Court Rules for Police Officer in Excessive Force Case
SCOTUS Blog: Justices Grant One New Case, Summarily Reverse In Excessive-Force Case
“There Is Nothing Right or Just under the Law about This” Cato Blog
Cops Shoot Woman, SCOTUS Tells her She May Not Sue: Cato Daily Podcast
Ending Qualified Immunity for Cops Is a Matter of Life and Death: Cato Blog
Police Shootings Stir Outrage Among Some, But Not The Supreme Court: NPR
FOX: Supreme Court Sides with Officer in Arizona Police Shooting Case
Arizona Capital Times: U.S. Supreme Court Sides in Favor of Campus Cop in 2010 Shooting
Yet another great episode from Liberty Weekly. This episode highlights a significant, if not existential, threat to individual civil liberty in these United States. The very idea that an officer or agent of any governmental entity is somehow exempt from the supreme laws of the land flies in the face of every founding principle of our Country and should strike fear in the hearts of every American with even a cursory understanding of Enlightenment philosophy. A ruling such as this, with every ability of turning the doctrine of qualified immunity on its head, should have Americans marching in the streets.