Proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would end qualified immunity

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Proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would end qualified immunity

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Another proposed constitutional amendment could be on ballots in just over one year and the group behind it said this one has to do with holding state employees accountable.…

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The proposal is by the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCEQI). The group’s executive director, Kyle Pierce, said their amendment would end qualified immunity for government employees like public university administrators, prosecutors and police officers.

“We have government not being held to account because it does have the qualified immunity and that degrades public trust,” Pierce said.

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Proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would end qualified immunity

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Another proposed constitutional amendment could be on ballots in just over one year and the group behind it said this one has to do with holding state employees accountable.…

www.nbc4i.com

The proposal is by the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCEQI). The group’s executive director, Kyle Pierce, said their amendment would end qualified immunity for government employees like public university administrators, prosecutors and police officers.

“We have government not being held to account because it does have the qualified immunity and that degrades public trust,” Pierce said.

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Doesn't take an ammendment to do that. A simple law, or even judicial ruling would do it.

If you can't get a majority to pass a simple law to end immunity, you'll never get an ammendment.

And good luck getting legislators or judges to eliminate their own immunity.

It needs to happen, but that doesn't mean it will happen.