One of the legal fantasies promoted by governments and officials is the idea of ‘sovereign immunity’… where they are not liable for their corrupt and illegal actions.
Unfortunately this lie of ‘sovereign immunity’ is also repeated unknowingly by people who have a real case against government officials and therefore do not pursue very valid claims.
A RECENT US SUPREME COURT DECISION CLARIFIED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR AGENTS CAN BE HELD LIABLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR WRONGDOING CARRIED OUT BY OFFICIALS IN ITS EMPLOYMENT WHILE ON THE JOB.
This should be a a no brainer but in the land of legal fictions and unaccountable government officials being protected by legal process…someone FINALLY took the issue to the US Supreme Court for a common sense confirmation which lower level courts are now bound by.
This is a fundamental principle of law that nobody is above the law including all government actors. The government immunity clause only applies to government actors when they are performing their actions of their office defined by their office in good faith.
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