Yes this is from wikipedia:
In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle that grants government officials performing discretionary functions immunity from civil suits unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known"
With the blatant statements by heil hochul and other lawmakers in NY, IMHO, this should clearly be outside of "qualified immunity" for lawmakers. Wouldn't this open them all up to class action lawsuits for their civil rights violations?
In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle that grants government officials performing discretionary functions immunity from civil suits unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known"
With the blatant statements by heil hochul and other lawmakers in NY, IMHO, this should clearly be outside of "qualified immunity" for lawmakers. Wouldn't this open them all up to class action lawsuits for their civil rights violations?