RE: Another SCOTUS ruling that is also very scary.
June 27, 2022 at 8:05 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2022 at 8:08 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 26, 2022 at 9:53 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Depends on the police department and jurisdiction, of course; police officers who violate the constitutional rights of others can and do get fired.
(June 27, 2022 at 4:57 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(June 26, 2022 at 9:07 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I think this deserves it's own thread.
Reuters is reporting on another SCARY 6-3 ruling. SCOTUS has given police immunity for failure to inform suspects or witnesses of their Miranda rights. Now while a Miranda violation still cannot be used in court as evidence, the person abused by that lack of being informed cannot sue the officers or department that did not inform them.
This basically makes Miranda useless. If you cannot hold law enforcement accountable for their abuses then there is no point in having any rights at all and we all must submit to a Orwellian police state.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supr...022-06-23/
Oh my goodness - cops can't be sued for violating the constitutional rights of arrestees - this is completely new information!
Seriously mate - look at the number of egregious acts committed by cops compared to how often police departments are successfully sued. All this ruling does is codify an already existing state of affairs. It's a yawn.
Boru
The same is true of their ruling on abortion. It merely codified an already existing state of affairs. The reich wing had already effectively banned abortion by attacking access and providers. I think that many people don't feel that codifying existing malfeasance and corruption is what the supreme court (or any court) should be doing. Taken altogether, this recent dump of rulings is a demonstration of the vision our clerics on the bench have in mind for america. Their earthly authority is to be as unaccountable to man as the god they believe themselves to be taking marching orders from.
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