John G. Malcolm

Vice President at the Institute for Constitutional Government at the Heritage Foundation

John G. Malcolm oversees The Heritage Foundation’s work to increase understanding of the Constitution and the rule of law as vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government, director of the think tank’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, and the Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow. He served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division from 2001 to 2004 and was a graduate of Harvard Law School with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Columbia College.

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Is It Time to End Qualified Immunity for Cops?

With Anya Bidwell, John G. Malcolm
October 28, 2022

How does one balance two important, though at times competing, public interests? In this case, it’s the need to hold public officials accountable versus the need to shield those officials from harassment and legal liability. In 1967, the US Supreme Court lay the foundations of an answer during a case involving two police officers, sued over civil rights violations carried out at a segregated bus stop in Jackson, Mississippi. The court effectively ruled that if unconstitutional arrests were made in…

Is It Time to End Qualified Immunity for Cops?

With Anya Bidwell, John G. Malcolm
October 28, 2022

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