The qui tam concept is older than that, however. It dates back to the first Congress, which enacted numerous qui tam laws signed by President George Washington
Another of DJT’s mistakes heard from
OK, if the left is up in arms over it and bad mouthing the judge, it must have been a good ruling.
So for us non-legalese savvy FReepers, what’s the Cliff Notes version?
Are they joking? The government created epic fraud in every direction when they decided to open our borders to millions from God knows where as they forced the American people at gun point to pay billions annually for all of this fraud and lawlessness.
The particular aspect of the law held unconstitutional dates from 1986. The essential concept of the False Claims Act though can be preserved through remedial legislation and changes in judicial and executive procedures.
” Kathryn Kimball Mizelle”
Beware three name and hyphenated women.
So perhaps it is not surprising that......this “Trump judge”.....
this not so subtle editorializing in a supposedly NEWS report....is a primo example of why so many people in Californication don’t read the LASlimes anymore, a paper that once nearly conquered the entire state’s marketplace with editions in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, the Inland Empire, the San Fernando Valley, and San Francisco.
An honest editor could make the article read with far less political bias. And still report any substantive content.
But of course that is not what the LASlimes does.
There is a reason liberals hate this judge’s decision killing qui tam lawsuits. Justice Thomas and most of the conservatives on the SC are waiting to strike these qui tam lawsuits down. They give standing to private citizens to sue companies and individuals on behalf of the government for alleging companies are overcharging or acting fraudulently on government contracts and collecting a significant percentage of the award. Any tom, Dick or Harry can sue even though they have no connection to the contract. The American bar loves the suits for the same reason they like class action law suits. It is a revenue generator for them and opens up companies to a shooting gallery of of any number of folks looking to win the lottery as well as progressives looking to score political points against business entities.
1986 is only 38 years ago,
not 150.
An important factor in how successful the case is is whether or not the government wants the fraudulent company to succeed. I know of one case a company A was providing material that did not meets the standards set in the government contract and still shipped to company B the material. When the government was notified, the government contacted company B which ultimately changed the requirements so that the material would pass. The government dropped the case and it went no further.
I’d be curious what qui tam laws Washington signed... Somehow I don’t think they’re as egregious as this.
These laws have been on the books since the Civil War. They are also called Lincoln”s laws.
What could possibly go wrong with the idea that private citizens could use the power of the government to go after people they do not like when even the government was not sure if there was actually fraud?