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sovereign immunity protects state agencies, counties, and cities. Sovereign immunity is meant to shield public agencies from endless lawsuits that could drain taxpayer dollars and gum up government operations.

Where is the corresponding protection from our out of control governments protecting citizens from "lawsuits that could drain taxpayer dollars and gum up" our lives? Just look at the lawfare against Trump.
1 posted on 06/20/2025 9:05:45 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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did the decision not to pay cost someone their job?

did mckinney voters clean house?


2 posted on 06/20/2025 9:09:51 AM PDT by joshua c
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She went through all that, and got $60k.

I’m just mentally comparing that to the paydays so many frivolous lawsuit filers get.


3 posted on 06/20/2025 9:13:55 AM PDT by simpson96
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Where is the corresponding protection from our out of control governments

Governments always act to protect themselves.

5 posted on 06/20/2025 9:16:51 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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You see this is why people don't like the government and police.

The damage might have been necessary but you fix what you broke. And to the person on the thread who is going to whine about the poor taxpayers.... for the love of mike. Fifty thousand was not going to bankrupt the city, the police department or any other official entity and they spent five or six times that amount on lawyer bills.

It is not a hard concept, when you broke it you fix what you can for your innocent citizens.

And people will not loath you.

8 posted on 06/20/2025 9:25:38 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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So the local government is essentially a dictatorship with infinite powers. “sovereign immunity” and “eminent domain” are proof of that. The Constitution doesn’t apply when government doesn’t want it to apply.


9 posted on 06/20/2025 9:27:07 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! )
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Seems like there should be a bigger payment for making her wait and go through 5 years in the courts!


11 posted on 06/20/2025 9:27:22 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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The City of McKinney will appeal ... tying up this decision in the courts for years.


15 posted on 06/20/2025 9:37:51 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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Sovereign immunity should NEVER apply to these situations


16 posted on 06/20/2025 9:46:26 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024... did we get it??)
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You can bet they didn’t give her any breaks on property tax during those years either.


17 posted on 06/20/2025 9:58:15 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/collin-county/judge-orders-mckinney-pay-59k-to-cancer-survivor-after-swat-raid-left-home-ruins/287-be9a490b-7e4a-4467-a2a1-a8c5210afc3a


26 posted on 06/23/2025 2:16:44 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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