One Way To Lose Judicial Immunity: Perform Impromptu Warrantless Searches Of People’s Houses
20 July 2022
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20 July 2022
Judicial immunity is one of a handful of absolute immunities. Like the name suggests, absolute immunity is a pretty tough shield to pierce. Every so often, someone will do something terrible enough to be stripped of immunity they assumed was absolute. But those cases are extremely rare. Rarer still is hearing of a judge being stripped of immunity. Judges are granted considerable leeway in how they handle cases. And most judges don’t come anywhere near the extremely generous guardrails that limit their judicial conduct. Wherever the confining walls are on judicial conduct are, this West Virginia family court judge not ...
One Way To Lose Judicial Immunity: Perform Impromptu Warrantless Searches Of People’s Houses
Judicial immunity is one of a handful of absolute immunities. Like the name suggests, absolute immunity is a pretty tough shield to pierce. Every so often, someone will do something terrible enough…
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