At a Boston University lecture, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor encouraged students to maintain faith in the courts and ...
Qualified immunity is a doctrine invented by the Supreme Court in 1982 which protects all government officials from liability when they violate a person’s rights, even intentionally. This prevents ...
This fact check originally appeared on PolitiFact. In a landmark ruling with potentially major impact on the 2024 presidential campaign, a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled that presidents — including ...
Civil rights advocates had been demanding an end to qualified immunity long before George Floyd’s murder sparked a mass movement against systemic racism last summer. As calls for greater police ...
Protesters stand outside of the collapse site of a Davenport apartment building in May 2023. The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case related to the 2023 deadly apartment building ...
The UAB Department of Microbiology will host the 2025 Susan Roberts Dubay Endowed Lecture on Oct. 14, welcoming Lora Hooper, Ph.D., as this year’s keynote speaker presenting, “Vitamin A and barrier ...