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There is a very important case being argued today before the Supreme Court. As this NPR story points out,
The issue is whether police investigators have total immunity from being sued for giving false testimony before a grand jury..
The question is whether a police investigative actions have full immunity, protecting them absolutely from law suits even for knowingly false or reckless testimony. As the story notes
The Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors are totally immune from damage suits for their trial-related actions, no matter how illegal those actions might have been. The theory is that if prosecutors could be sued, they would be too timid in bringing charges. But investigative actions are not similarly protected, whether it is police or prosecutors doing the investigating. Thus, for instance, the court ruled 25 years ago that if police or prosecutors file false affidavits to obtain an