NO-IMMUNITY.ORG
JUDICIAL IMMUNITY MUST END.
ABOUT NO-IMMUNITY.ORG
No-Immunity.org is a public-interest project founded on a clear principle: no public official is above the law. Its purpose is to examine the origins, authority, and development of judicial immunity and other judicial doctrines affecting governmental accountability, and to advocate for meaningful judicial accountability.
Governmental authority originates with We the People. The Constitution delegates defined powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. This project examines whether doctrines developed and applied by the judiciary—including judicial immunity—are consistent with those constitutional limits, the separation of powers, and the principle that those entrusted with governmental authority remain accountable for its exercise.
The Declaration presented on this site provides the public an opportunity to stand together in demanding judicial accountability and adherence to constitutional limits. The Declaration, together with the collected signatures, is intended to be attached to either a Quo Warranto or a Declaration of Void Order/Judgment and will be served upon the Supreme Court. Through the Declaration, the signatories create a documented public statement that governmental authority must remain within the limits established by the Constitution and the laws made pursuant to it.
WHAT WE EXAMINE
No-Immunity.org examines the constitutional, statutory, common-law, and judicial foundations of governmental and judicial authority, with particular attention to the origin and development of judicial immunity. We examine the Constitution, Acts of Congress, Supreme Court decisions, English common-law authorities, the separation of powers, oaths of office, and the historical authorities upon which American courts have relied in developing and applying this doctrine.
Our research follows these authorities from their historical origins through their development in American courts, distinguishing between powers and requirements established by the Constitution or enacted by Congress and doctrines developed through judicial decisions.
The purpose is not merely to study judicial immunity, but to determine where the doctrines originated, what authority was relied upon to establish it, how its scope changed over time, and whether its application can be reconciled with the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the principle that no one is above the law.
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR RESEARCH
The work of No-Immunity.org is grounded in primary legal and historical authorities. Our research begins with the United States Constitution and follows the historical record through Acts of Congress, early American law, Supreme Court decisions, and the English common-law authorities relied upon by American courts.
Particular attention is given to the separation of powers, the constitutional source of governmental authority, oaths of office, the English common-law origins relied upon in the development of judicial immunity, and the judicial decisions through which these doctrines were defined, expanded, limited, and applied.
Our purpose is to distinguish between authority established by the Constitution, law enacted by Congress, and doctrines developed through judicial decisions. Wherever possible, the Research Library provides direct access to the underlying authorities so readers can examine the original language and determine for themselves what those authorities actually establish.
The record matters. The source of authority matters. And when governmental power is exercised, the question of where that power comes from matters.
WHY JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS
Judicial independence is essential to the administration of justice, but independence and accountability are not opposites. The exercise of judicial power, like every other exercise of governmental power, must remain within constitutional and lawful limits.
When courts exercise authority over a person’s liberty, property, rights, or legal obligations, the consequences can be profound. No governmental office should place its holder beyond meaningful accountability when the authority of that office is exceeded or unlawfully exercised.
No-Immunity.org challenges the proposition that judicially developed doctrine should operate in a manner that places judicial officers beyond accountability for the exercise of governmental power. Judicial immunity, and related principles must be examined against the Constitution, laws enacted pursuant to it, and the limits placed upon governmental authority.
Judicial accountability does not weaken the rule of law. It requires that those entrusted with interpreting and applying the law remain subject to it.
AUTHORITY COMES FROM THE PEOPLE
The Constitution begins with “We the People” because governmental authority originates with the people. The Constitution establishes the framework through which that authority is delegated and divides governmental power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
No branch of government possesses unlimited authority. Congress exercises the legislative powers granted by the Constitution, the Executive executes the laws, and the Judiciary exercises judicial power in cases and controversies within its jurisdiction. Each branch remains subject to the Constitution from which its authority is derived.
Public office is therefore a position of delegated authority, not a source of authority independent of the Constitution and law. Those who exercise governmental power do so subject to the limits attached to that power and to the constitutional obligations of their office.
No-Immunity.org is founded upon the principle that delegated governmental authority must remain accountable to the people from whom that authority ultimately originates.
The Constitution is the authority. The people are its source. No office places its holder above either.