Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s breezy suggestion this week that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys who note the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has in recent years made those cases nearly impossible to win.
Doesn’t matter. The courts have already granted the feds immunity for everything except for cases identical to Bivens. File as many lawsuits as you want, and you’ll just waste money on legal fees before losing them all.
Doesn’t matter. The courts have already granted the feds immunity for everything except for cases identical to Bivens. File as many lawsuits as you want, and you’ll just waste money on legal fees before losing them all.
I suspect he meant the working class, taking extra-judicial action.