New at Reason: Radley Balko Analyzes the Oral Arguments in Powattattamie v. McGhee

November 9, 2009

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Powattattamie v. McGhee, a case that will determine if prosecutors who manufacture evidence used to convict an innocent person should be susceptible to lawsuits. Reason Senior Editor Radley Balko analyzes the hearing, and finds former Bush Solicitor General Paul Clement essentially charging that the entire concept of prosecutoral immunity is a form of judicial activism.

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