Is it true that a citizen (or a corp or any institution) cannot sue the Federal Gov?greenspun.com : LUSENET : Unk's Wild Wild West : One Thread |
If this is true, then I should think that Trial Lawyers would be Republicans. Who they gonna sue if medicine or whatever becomes truly socialized?Are local and state govs protected from suit?
-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), August 03, 2001
Something of the same paradigm as the "forward-thinkers" never proposing to outlaw tobacco (even though any IDIOT born after 1920 knows it harms your health) because the same "forward-thinkers" know they would lose all that revenue.
-- libs are idiots (moreinterpretation@ugly.com), August 03, 2001.
All governments -- local, state, fed -- are protected from suits for punitive damages unless they give permission for such suits. That's why you'll occasionally see a lawmaker sponsoring a bill to allow so-and-so to sue because her husband was crushed by a Highway Department truck or something. Suits on civil rights and other subjects are allowed, which is why you see lawsuits filed over police brutality and such.
-- Legalgeezer (Not@lawyer.yet), August 03, 2001.