Supreme Court backs officer seeking immunity from Vermont House protester’s excessive force claims

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a constabulary serviceman who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in connected the Vermont House level a decennary agone is entitled to qualified immunity.  The ruling was unsigned but appeared to divided 6-3 on ideological lines, with the wide justices successful dissent. They voted to fto the lawsuit proceed to trial. The lawsuit stems from a…