I believe people like governors are immune from direct liability as a cause of their policy - people would essentially be suing their own states' taxpayers
You'd think so right? But it's the same reasoning that judges can't be sued for making the wrong ruling. Sometimes it's a lose/lose where you can't make everyone happy, and SOMEBODY would feel wronged. Daily lawsuits would grind the entire system to a halt, and only the ULTRA RICH could afford to run for office.
Now, all that said, here's a different solution that I've thought of for police. Officials could be forced to buy into an insurance fund, and their and their rates would be determined based on the amount of lawsuits and damages awarded. (again, the ultra rich would still be able to afford being terrible)
I believe people like governors are immune from direct liability as a cause of their policy - people would essentially be suing their own states' taxpayers
You'd think so right? But it's the same reasoning that judges can't be sued for making the wrong ruling. Sometimes it's a lose/lose where you can't make everyone happy, and SOMEBODY would feel wronged. Daily lawsuits would grind the entire system to a halt, and only the ULTRA RICH could afford to run for office.
Now, all that said, here's a different solution that I've thought of for police. Officials could be forced to buy into an insurance fund, and their and their rates would be determined based on the amount of lawsuits and damages awarded. (again, the ultra rich would still be able to afford being terrible)
Seems like we’d have a lot less corrupt judges and prosecutors, if we could sue for that.