BORDER PATROL SHOOTING CASE: SCOTUS TO DECIDE IF FEDERAL OFFICIALS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a tragic border shooting case. But the case’s impact goes far beyond immigration and border security issues. Indeed, the plaintiffs seek to vindicate a bedrock right: the ability to hold rogue federal agents personally responsible when they violate their oath to uphold the Constitution. Thanks to procedural roadblocks and immunity doctrines, federal courts have made it almost impossible to sue government officials gone rogue. Hernandez v. Mesa offers the Supreme Court the chance to reverse this disturbing trend and restore some desperately needed accountability.

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