“It should be obvious that this arrest violated the First Amendment,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, noting that officers should not be able to claim qualified immunity when suppressing speech.
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Texas journalist challenging her arrest as retaliation for her coverage of law enforcement in Texas, leaving questions over how qualified immunity applies in free speech cases.
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