... and Justice for All

"If the facts alleged in the complaint are true, this case involves an incident that is more like home raids by Red Guards during China's Cultural Revolution than like what we should expect in the United States of America."

Thus begins the Sixth Circuit's decision in Bray v. Planned Parenthood, 746 F.3d 229 (6th Cir. 2014), a case that illustrates how the doctrine of qualified immunity has been bent by the Sixth Circuit and other courts to sanction the abuse of some while insulating outrageous abuses of power from redress or accountability. The individuals whose conduct was thus described won their case, because, according to the Sixth Circuit, the constitutional rights alleged to have been violated had not been clearly established previously. In other words, the Sixth Circuit in the 21st century ruled that reasonable police officers would not have been aware that Americans had any rights and that they were free to act with same impunity as Chairman Mao's Red Guards. 

Circuit Judge John Rogers authored the Sixth Circuit's opinion sanctioning the staggering abuse of power by the defendants.

And so it goes.

Robert L. Abell
www.RobertAbellLaw.com

Senator McConnell and Other Republican Senators File Brief Supporting Admitted Liar

Our senior Senator, Mitch McConnell, has taken up the cause of an admitted liar and, along with other Republican Senators, filed a brief on the liar's behalf. The disgraced Michael Flynn is the beneficiary of this effort. Here's the Brief; read it and choke on it. Who knew these Senators had so much concern and time to take up for an admitted liar.

Robert L. Abell
www.RobertAbellLaw.com 

‘Injustice, double standards and heartbreaking bigotry.’

Former NBAer and UK basketball star Rex Chapman, on first thought, would seem an unlikely candidate to pen such a powerful essay on race in America. But he's done it: "Injustice, double standards and heartbreaking bigotry." He's seen what he's seen and shared it well.

Robert L. Abell
www.RobertAbellLaw.com