Immunity and Accountability Model Legislation

Protecting Everyone’s Constitutional Rights Ordinance (PECRO)

Immunity and Accountability

Protecting Everyone’s Constitutional Rights Ordinance (PECRO)

Constitutional rights mean little without a practical way to enforce them. Yet many people whose rights are violated by state or local officials never receive a remedy because of immunity doctrines and procedural barriers…

State Court Remedies for Constitutional Violations by Federal Employees Act

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 its states.  This responsibility includes providing a remedy of damages against government officials who violate those rights.