The big story is not who made the database inquiry, it was WHO told them to find the information. Who is it?
“The big story is not who made the database inquiry, it was WHO told them to find the information. Who is it?”
Who authorized and made the inquiry? Why haven’t they been identified and charged with Fourth Amendment violations? And fired?!!
We need stiff penalties for government employees who violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. Currently, they get to shrug their shoulders and say, “Whoops, I was caught...my bad”. However, there is nothing to prevent them from doing it again and on an ongoing basis.
We have a Constitution which government agencies do not adhere to and there is no punishment for their violations. Qualified immunity is one of the worst legal precedents ever set. It basically allows those who are sworn to uphold the law to violate it at will.
“In 1967, the Supreme Court recognized qualified immunity as a defense to § 1983 claims. In 1982, the Supreme Court adopted the current test for the doctrine. Qualified immunity is generally available if the law a government official violated isn’t “clearly established.”
The fact that the concept is so widely applied is the problem. Government officials are able to say “Well no one ever told me I could not act in this manner under this exact situation”. It allows them to get away with things such as a cop twisting a elderly woman’s arm behind her back and throw her to the ground and thus dislocating her shoulder and then say no policy said they couldn’t do so. It allows city leaders to pass unconstitutional gun laws with slight changes from the previous one that was overturned, and then claim immunity even when Courts have repeatedly said they can’t do such a thing. And it allows FBI agents and courts to spy on American citizens and get away with it.
This is one of my pet peeves.