It’s a new year but little is new with qualified immunity in the Fifth Circuit. Or is it? Easha Anand of the MacArthur Justice Center joins us to discuss a recent denial of qualified immunity in a police brutality case. IJ’s Anya Bidwell joins in and reports on a couple other developments that demonstrate perhaps there’s some “split second” thinking going on among those judges.

Timpa v. Dillard

Villarreal v. City of Laredo

Harmon v. City of Arlington

IJ’s Gonzalez v. City of Castle Hills

Easha Anand, MacArthur Justice Center

Anya Bidwell

Anthony Sanders

Recent Episodes

Short Circuit 441 | Rights for Listeners

We often hear of the right to speak. But what about the right to listen? The Ninth Circuit just reaffirmed that listeners have First Amendment […]

Listen Now