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IJ President Scott Bullock said, "The principle at stake is simple: If citizens must obey the law, then government officials must obey the Constitution.
Government agencies have significant protections against lawsuits by individuals for mistreatment, even if they intentionally violated the law.
They are given a pass mostly under the legal concept of "qualified immunity," which provides they are protected unless a court "clearly established" in a previous case that the actions were unconstitutional.
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That might change.
It's because the New Mexico House of Representatives recently voted 39-29 to let individuals sue government agencies for violating their rights.
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That sounds good until you think about who's paying the bill for the government's defense lawyers and who's paying the bill for the plaintiff's lawyers. Then if the government were to lose before they bankrupt the plaintiff with legal fees, think about who's going to be paying the settlement. It would be like sueing yourself along with all the other taxpayers in America.
ReplyDeleteGood points.
DeleteAll routes lead to corruption unless you have a homogeneous culture that agrees on the base rules. They've been playing this game with the EPA to force it through the courts to build regulations that congress has not authorized.
ReplyDeleteAll routes lead to corruption unless you have a homogeneous culture that agrees on the base rules.
DeleteGood point.