Judging when law enforcement officers deserve immunity from suits accusing them of violating someone’s constitutional rights often bedevils and divides federal courts. In a case involving Secret Service agents and anti-Bush demonstrators, state and local governments are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to apply a technology-age tool to the age-old problem.

The tool is hardly revolutionary, except perhaps in Supreme Court cases.

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