In a pair of rulings issued on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court gave wide leeway to law enforcement officials whose actions trigger lawsuits claiming violations of someone’s constitutional rights.
Without dissent in either case, the justices rejected litigation filed against Secret Service agents who restricted the movement of protesters, and against police who shot and killed the driver and a passenger in a high-speed chase. Both incidents occurred in 2004.
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