Let citizens sue government workers directly for misconduct.
Let citizens sue government workers directly for misconduct.
The way to control this epidemic of government law-breaking is to allow citizen victims to sue, and legislate personally liability for bureaucrats guilty of willfully illegal conduct.
I agree. If a government bureaucrat breaks the law and no one in the government does anything about it, allowing them to get off without punishment, then the American citizen who was harmed by that illegal activity should have the right to sue that bureaucrat directly. This is how the law applies in every other venue of society. Why should government workers be exempt from the liability of their actions?
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Let citizens sue government workers directly for misconduct.
The way to control this epidemic of government law-breaking is to allow citizen victims to sue, and legislate personally liability for bureaucrats guilty of willfully illegal conduct.
I agree. If a government bureaucrat breaks the law and no one in the government does anything about it, allowing them to get off without punishment, then the American citizen who was harmed by that illegal activity should have the right to sue that bureaucrat directly. This is how the law applies in every other venue of society. Why should government workers be exempt from the liability of their actions?
The support of my readers through the years has given me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Four years ago, just before the 2020 election I wrote that Joe Biden's mental health was suspect. Only in this year has the propaganda mainstream media decided to recognize that basic fact.
Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Even today NASA and Congress refuse to recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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I agree.
If a police officer can be sued for misconduct why not a member of the IRS?
We would have to exempt elected officials though, otherwise this will be used as a weapon to keep any disliked politician of the opposing party constantly in court.
Imagine every political non profit taking everyone they do not like to court for the next 20 years. Using foreign donations to do their dirty work.
It is no big deal to agencies, as when the IRS agreed to a $50,000.00 fine recently, when the taxpayers are on the hook. Personal liability is necessary, and long overdue.
That was an agency.
We are talking individual people. Who get no government funded lawyers.
This is one reason why the president can not be personally sued until he leaves office. Such as in the case of a car accident or something similar.
Appointed officials would fall under the prosecution of the house or senate along with elected officials.
But low level employees should be capable of being sued.
It would keep them from doing something illegal thinking that their position will protect them. Such as if Lois Lerner ordered a few people to investigate conservative groups with no evidence of wrong doing first. The employee knows that is wrong and knows they could be prosecuted for following those orders. Thus they wouldn’t do it. Even under threat of loosing their jobs.
It would in fact give them a bigger reason to report any manager making those orders.
Knowing this even the scummy managers wouldn’t risk giving those orders for fear that the lowest level employee could turn them in.
“We would have to exempt elected officials though, otherwise this will be used as a weapon to keep any disliked politician of the opposing party constantly in court.”
There were those who already did that to Sarah Palin.