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Ashcroft v. Iqbal

5-4

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The Supreme Court's Decision to Cover Up Racism in Federal Prison

The court's decision serves as functional immunity from civil lawsuit for higher up government officials. All they have to do is like, basically cover their tracks. And when you think about the other legal immunities available to them, like qualified immunity, which we've talked about,. It's essentially impossible for a citizen to hold them accountable uner this rubric.

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