Invoking the contentious “qualified immunity” doctrine, state courts in Rhode Island prevented Rhode Island College officials from facing civil liability for violating a student’s First Amendment rights to free speech and expression. NCLA has petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari in William Felkner v. John Nazarian, asking the Justices to reexamine the doctrine and abolish the ahistorical standard for “qualified immunity” that requires violations of the law to be “clearly established” via prior court precedents before officials can be held to account.

NCLA Senior Litigation Peggy Little joins Mark to discuss Felkner v. Nazarian and the reply brief filed in the case last week.

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