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IJ Is Untangling the Immunity Knots

Since IJ launched our Project on Immunity and Accountability in January 2020, a lot has happened. And as this issue of Liberty & Law shows, we have lots still going on. So it’s worth surveying some of the many issues the Project is focusing on, what they have in common, and how they are different. We start, where the Project did, with qualified immunity.
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Fines and Fees
 

Two Big Boosts for IJ’s Fight Against Taxation by Citation in Alabama and Delaware
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New Study: Occupational Licenses Do Not Increase Quality of Service
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Short Circuit

We review the upcoming term of the United States Supreme Court, with some lighthearted trivia, a deep dive into a couple cases already being heard by the Court, and a couple more that it might. As in past years, it’s Justin Pearson of IJ vs. Professor Andrew Hessick of UNC.
 
Short Circuit

 We discuss what happens when you don’t pay your taxes and then sue about them. Turns out you can’t do that. You also might have your passport taken away. Which raises the question of whether you have a right to do that thing the passport is for—international travel. Also, a sobering case on the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.
 
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