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+====The courts aren't clogged now – but management has to be done carefully.==== |
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+Bates 15 Bates is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Annual Report 2014," USCourts.gov, http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/annual-report-2014 Judge John D. Bates. |
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+It was a great privilege to be only the second judge to serve as Director |
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+his accomplished leadership skills, will continue the tradition of excellent public service. |
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+====Limiting QI clogs the courts – empirically confirmed – best study, Noll 8'==== |
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+Noll, David L. "Qualified Immunity in Limbo: Rights, Procedure, and the Social Costs of Damages Litigation Against Public Officials." NYUL Rev. 83 (2008): 911. |
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+In the context of ordinary civil litigation between two private parties, the total ( |
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+and has undoubtedly affected the development of the modern qualified immunity doctrine.53 |
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+====That breaks the courts, Thomas 16'==== |
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+Suja A. Thomas. "Frivolous Cases." 2010. DePaul University. http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1180andcontext=law-review |
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+There is a focus on frivolous cases because of cost. Frivolous cases may be |
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+, it also "frustrate~~s~~ settlement of legitimate suits. '51 |
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+====Lack of immunity would open police to a flood of litigation that hamstrings law enforcement.==== |
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+King 16 Andrew King (Assistant Prosecuting Attorney). "Keep Qualified Immunity… For Now." Mimesis Law. 1 July 2016. http://mimesislaw.com/fault-lines/keep-qualified-immunity-for-now/11010 |
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+Plus, qualified immunity, along with other mechanisms, prevents and screens out a |
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+. Let's figure out a better one before tearing down the old one. |
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+====Decline of active and engaged policing is driving a record spike in crime, caused by police fear of backlash==== |
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+Hofstetter 16 George Hofstetter (President of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs). "Proactive policing and the violent crime rate." 2016. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1119707513166andca=4a80a442-8caf-45c4-97ca-745c0f1b6f88 |
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+This past week, FBI Director James Comey waded back into the debate over policing |
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+homicides topped 30 to 40 a month - levels not seen in years. |
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+====Violent crime creates self-reinforcing cycles that doom youth.==== |
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+Reich et al. 2: (Kathleen Reich, M.P.P., Patti L. Culross, M.D., M.P.H., and Richard E. Behrman, M.D. "Children, Youth, and Gun Violence: Analysis and Recommendations." The Future of Children. Children, Youth, and Gun Violence. Volume 12 – Number 2 Summer/Fall 2002) http://futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=42andarticleid=162andsectionid=1035andsubmit |
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+Just as the economic costs of gun violence are substantial, so are the |
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+be killed or die, and 19 sometimes wished they were dead. |
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+====Gun violence kills and disproportionately harms blacks.==== |
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+Pew Research 13: (Pew Research. "Blacks Suffer Disproportionate Share of Firearm Homicide Deaths." MAY 21, 2013) |
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+In 2010, there were 31,672 deaths in the U.S. |
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+of shooting homicide victims in 2010, but 13 of the population. |
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+====Increased civil litigation against police decimates municipal budgets – especially in cases of police misconduct and brutality==== |
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+**Elinson and Frosch 15** (Zusha Elinson and Dan Frosch, Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities, WSJ, LEFC July 15, 2015) |
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+For most of the police departments surveyed by the Journal, the costliest claims |
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+money into that fund to pay for the lawsuits has really been challenging." |
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+====Turns case— lack of city and department funds increase policing and fines, disproportionately targets blacks.==== |
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+**Kopf 16** (Dan Kopf, data journalist. The Fining of Black America, Priceonomics, LEFC June 24, 2016) |
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+In March 2010, years before Ferguson, Missouri, became known for sparking the |
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+to exploit residents for fine revenue are those with the most African Americans. |
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+====City budgets key to national economy==== |
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+Morath 10/26 Eric; covers the economy from The Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau; 10/26/2016; "Slowdown in State, Local Investment Dents U.S. Economy"; http://www.wsj.com/articles/slowdown-in-state-local-investment-dents-u-s-economy-1477495758; |
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+A sharp pullback in spending by cities and states on infrastructure—from highways to |
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+rising, leaving many states with little discretion to deploy tax dollars elsewhere. |
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+====National economy loss leads to nuclear war==== |
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+Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer is a member of the NIC's Long Range Analysis Unit "Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis" http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf Increased Potential for Global Conflict (RECUT CWLC)\ |
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+Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is |
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+within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world. |