Comment by cortesoft

It literally is not supposed to. The ruling that is currently used for the precedent is Harlow v Fitzgerald, which states:

> The Court held that "government officials performing discretionary functions, generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known."

It seems to me that a reasonable person would know this violates constitutional rights if you arrest people that criticize the government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlow_v._Fitzgerald