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Summer Lee: “My point is you are blocked at the courthouse door if you use qualified immunity as saying there is no reason to even…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2022
My point is you are blocked at the courthouse door if you use qualified immunity as saying there is no reason to even hold a trial.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Critiques qualified immunity as a barrier to justice in court trials.

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