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If conservative radicals who've stolen our courts were actually "originalists" they would take a very dim view of the government arresting people for no reason. "You cannot arrest someone without a good reason" is like the literal oldest thing in Common Law. But instead the doctrine is the nonsensical Qualified Immunity of "cops can do whatever they want to with no consequences." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-mans-bid-sue-police-arrest-facebook-parody-rcna70435
@mtsw As a little thought experiment, I sometimes like to wonder what it would be like if we took the reasoning behind qualified immunity for police and applied it to other fields.
Like, what if it was impossible to sue a doctor unless a doctor had previously been successfully sued for the exact same mistake.
Of course, this would never happen because, just like the poor and powerless, the rich and powerful also get sick and want to preserve some form of redress for medical malpractice.
@mtsw @MadMadMadMadRN Check tort reform that limits pay outs for medical malpractice to $250k in many states unless wrongful death can be proven. Hint: misdiagnosed cancer isn’t considered wrongful death in #kansas if the cancer would’ve been terminal anyway.