qualified immunity

English

Noun

qualified immunity (uncountable)

1. (law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.
   • 1982 Harlow v. Fitzgerald 457 U.S. 800

     It is no disparagement of the offices held by petitioners to hold that Presidential aides, like Members of the Cabinet, generally are entitled only to a qualified immunity.

   • 2020 May 8, “Shielded”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     Erma Aldaba sought to hold police liable for her son’s deadly encounter with police, but qualified immunity ended her lawsuit before it could even get to trial.

   • 2022, “'III'”, performed by Stray From The Path:

     How many courtrooms can these cowards walk right through? / In the land of opportunity, where qualified immunity / Keeps a red dot locked on the community, uh / Tell you to face up when your face is getting laced up / Shooting from the hip, always aiming for the waist up / Untouchables can still get touched / Let 'em call for backup, 'cause there's always more of us, run up

Translations

a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit

• Korean: 제한적 면책특권 (jehanjeok myeonchaekteukgwon)
• Spanish: inmunidad cualificada f
• Sundanese: hak imunitas
• Vietnamese: sự miễn trừ có điều kiện