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

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electric site
  01/08/26
yes it is
Federal poppy regret
  01/08/26
Why does it exist?
electric site
  01/08/26
because White people (your Betters) decided that it should
Federal poppy regret
  01/08/26
Why?
electric site
  01/08/26
yes, it is
Cocky Gunner Stead
  01/08/26
Why does it exist?
electric site
  01/08/26
who cares
Cocky Gunner Stead
  01/08/26
Anyone?
electric site
  01/08/26
(Stephen Miller’s intern)
unhinged carnelian jew
  01/08/26
Never heard of it.
Cheese-eating Water Buffalo Hall
  01/08/26
It's the immunity that applies to judges and (in certain cir...
Razzle burgundy property mother
  01/08/26
So judges and legislators can murder people and no one can a...
electric site
  01/08/26
it applies only to acts done in the scope of the role.
pink organic girlfriend
  01/08/26
Wow. So the DHS donkey who violated DHS policy doesn't enjoy...
electric site
  01/08/26
i have no idea if absolute immunity applies to the MN killin...
pink organic girlfriend
  01/08/26
DHS agents violating DHS policies are operating within the s...
electric site
  01/08/26
that's the entire point, and the power, of absolute immunity...
pink organic girlfriend
  01/08/26
Violating policy = doing your job? Wow, government employmen...
electric site
  01/08/26
i'm not sure you and i are focusing on the key issue. abs...
pink organic girlfriend
  01/08/26
So there are no consequences for "fucking up" if y...
electric site
  01/08/26
absolute immunity is quite rare, as i understand it. qual...
pink organic girlfriend
  01/08/26
I'm stupid so please bear with me: if there's a written agen...
electric site
  01/08/26
that's my understanding, yes. AI is a doctrine for fuck-up s...
pink organic girlfriend
  01/09/26
If he accidentally shot the driver I can see it, but this gu...
electric site
  01/09/26


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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: electric site



(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: Federal poppy regret

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: electric site

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: Federal poppy regret

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: electric site

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: Cocky Gunner Stead

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: electric site

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: Cocky Gunner Stead

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: electric site

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: unhinged carnelian jew

(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: Cheese-eating Water Buffalo Hall

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: Razzle burgundy property mother

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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: pink organic girlfriend

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: electric site

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)