Last Monday's #SCOTUS summary reversal in Zorn "is a useful illustration of two distinct sets of problems: the problems with the Supreme Court deciding these cases at the cert. stage at all; and the problems with its qualified immunity jurisprudence more generally." Me in today's "One First":
218. Qualified Immunity and th...
218. Qualified Immunity and the Shadow Docket
The Supreme Court's ruling in Zorn v. Linton illustrates the pathologies of both its current approach to qualified immunity doctrine and its willingness to resolve appeals in such cases summarily.Steve Vladeck (One First)

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in reply to Steve Vladeck • • •It was a case where the lower court clearly erred, as the record was stark. There wasn't anything else to ask.
So this wasn't a problem, it was a solution. No sense wasting time when there was nothing to argue and nothing to discover.