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?
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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.