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Cons what the fuck is "absolute immunity?" Is that a legal concept?

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Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
yes it is
Cracking field liquid oxygen
  01/08/26
Why does it exist?
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
because White people (your Betters) decided that it should
Cracking field liquid oxygen
  01/08/26
Why?
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
yes, it is
exciting national security agency heaven
  01/08/26
Why does it exist?
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
who cares
exciting national security agency heaven
  01/08/26
Anyone?
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
(Stephen Miller’s intern)
180 state multi-billionaire
  01/08/26
Never heard of it.
passionate site
  01/08/26
It's the immunity that applies to judges and (in certain cir...
Provocative kitty abode
  01/08/26
So judges and legislators can murder people and no one can a...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
it applies only to acts done in the scope of the role.
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/08/26
Wow. So the DHS donkey who violated DHS policy doesn't enjoy...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
i have no idea if absolute immunity applies to the MN killin...
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/08/26
DHS agents violating DHS policies are operating within the s...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
that's the entire point, and the power, of absolute immunity...
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/08/26
Violating policy = doing your job? Wow, government employmen...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
i'm not sure you and i are focusing on the key issue. abs...
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/08/26
So there are no consequences for "fucking up" if y...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
absolute immunity is quite rare, as i understand it. qual...
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/08/26
I'm stupid so please bear with me: if there's a written agen...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/08/26
that's my understanding, yes. AI is a doctrine for fuck-up s...
Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi
  01/09/26
If he accidentally shot the driver I can see it, but this gu...
Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad
  01/09/26


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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573120)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: Cracking field liquid oxygen

yes it is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573122)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Why does it exist?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573211)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Cracking field liquid oxygen

because White people (your Betters) decided that it should

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573240)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573418)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: exciting national security agency heaven

yes, it is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573125)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Why does it exist?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573148)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:33 PM
Author: exciting national security agency heaven

who cares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573205)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:34 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Anyone?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573210)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: 180 state multi-billionaire

(Stephen Miller’s intern)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573130)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: passionate site

Never heard of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573138)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Provocative kitty abode

It's the immunity that applies to judges and (in certain circumstances) prosecutors and legislators.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573213)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 5:15 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

So judges and legislators can murder people and no one can arrest them?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573368)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 5:26 PM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

it applies only to acts done in the scope of the role.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573411)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 5:29 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Wow. So the DHS donkey who violated DHS policy doesn't enjoy absolute immunity?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573417)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

i have no idea if absolute immunity applies to the MN killing.

in general, though, the question of whether something is in the scope does not turn on whether policy was violated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573790)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 7:36 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

DHS agents violating DHS policies are operating within the scope of their duties?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573813)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

that's the entire point, and the power, of absolute immunity. there is no need to decide whether a judge or legislator who is following policy should get immunity.

the entire issue arises when a judge or legislator is doing their job and massively errs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573965)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 8:27 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

Violating policy = doing your job? Wow, government employment is amazing!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573971)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

i'm not sure you and i are focusing on the key issue.

absolute immunity becomes an issue when someone arguably fucks up. it doesn't become an issue when someone follows policy.

so if a judge makes a massively erroneous ruling but wasn't bribed, etc., then it was within the scope of the job but was outside policy -- and the judge gets absolute immunity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573986)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

So there are no consequences for "fucking up" if you work for the government

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49573991)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 11:21 PM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

absolute immunity is quite rare, as i understand it.

qualified immunity is more common, but even there it is broadly applied. cons have wanted to trim back or even decimate QI but libs have opposed that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49574651)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 11:38 PM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

I'm stupid so please bear with me: if there's a written agency policy that says "don't shoot moving vehicles," but an agency official shoots into a moving a vehicle, can the agency official still claim he was acting within the scope of his duties?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49574741)



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Date: January 9th, 2026 12:05 AM
Author: Sapphire Talented Mental Disorder Fanboi

that's my understanding, yes. AI is a doctrine for fuck-up situations. but if you're doing more or less the official function, even if you get it wrong, it's within the scope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49574789)



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Date: January 9th, 2026 12:15 AM
Author: Wonderful Alcoholic Ticket Booth Chad

If he accidentally shot the driver I can see it, but this guy had extensive training and indemnifying him is a bad look for any employer. I guess I'll leave it there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5819258&forum_id=2],#49574803)