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Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by _jal on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:19PM (#33085366)
> Qualafied immunity is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy.

I take it you believe the US became a functioning democracy in 1967, then?

That's when Pierson v. Ray was decided and QI was invented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson_v._Ray

Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by mike_d on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:23PM (#33085421)
Without getting into a longwinded discussion of specifics, QI as a concept within the legal system has existed for quite a long time. The case you cite is where it was codified into an explict short-circuit that prevented the cases from being filed in the first place.
Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by _jal on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:27PM (#33085474)
No, please - name cases you're thinking of. I am extremely curious about what you'll cite.

Because there was a specific reason QI came to be, and it was not a matter of a long-established doctrine being formalized.

I'll wait.

Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by mike_d on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @04:59PM (#33086784)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3680714# and then click on view PDF. I don't think I can deep link to it directly.

Should give you a good context and background going back to the 1800s.