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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by spicybright on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:45AM (#26738586)
That's pretty much what I mean by hard headed, no one is willing to consider change. Not an individual, just the people that create laws and policies.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by Ericson2314 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:32AM (#26739183)
Yeah no kidding. Common law is perhaps at the heart of how rich Americans understand the state. And then the overrepresentation of lawyers in legislatures just makes this worse. Either way, this stuff is completely sacrosanct for no good reason.
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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by floxy on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:09PM (#26743160)
>this stuff is completely sacrosanct for no good reason.

Evolved law systems, like common law, do have some elegance that most people tend to overlook. Here's one article I found very interesting:

http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060886.pd...

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