Model Legislation
Immunity and Accountability
Protecting Everyone’s Constitutional Rights Act–(Q.I. Reform)
This model bill guarantees that if citizens must follow the law, state and local government officials must follow the Constitution.
Immunity and Accountability
Protecting Everyone’s Constitutional Rights Ordinance
Qualified immunity is a judge-made doctrine that shields local, state and federal government officials–not just police–from accountability. In 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court created the doctrine to ensure, in its words, it would be difficult…
Immunity and Accountability
State Court Remedies for Constitutional Violations by Federal Employees Act
State legislators’ most important responsibility is to protect rights under the laws and constitutions of the United States and their states. This responsibility includes providing a remedy of damages against government officials who violate those…