What Is Qualified Immunity?

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Anthony Novak was arrested for making a parody of the Palm Beach Police Department's Facebook page. The police officers tried to prove that they believed they were following the law when they arrested Anthony, and eventually a district court agreed. In 2022, the case went back before the Sixth Circuit for a second time. This time, the judges decided to reject Anthony's claims. They found that the officers were protected by qualified immunity.

In 2016, a man named Anthony Novak created a parody Facebook page of his local police department. "I just thought, 'That would be funny.'" About a month later, he was arrested. Novak is now petitioning the Supreme Court, and The Onion submitted an amicus brief in support of his case. Their brief is written as a parody of an amicus brief.

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