Qualified immunity protects government employees from being sued in an individual capacity, it does not protect the government itself from being sued. The whole point of QA is to make individuals sue the government body that wronged them rather than the specific employees.

When the government doesn't want to be sued, it invokes sovereign immunity.

Qualified immunity protects individuals from being sued in an individual capacity, it does not protect the government from being sued. The whole point of QA is to make individuals sue the government body that wronged them rather than the individual employees.

When the government doesn't want to be sued, it invokes sovereign immunity.