A Supreme Court ruling leaves thousands of Border Patrol agents 'absolutely immunized from liability,' said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 'no matter how egregious the misconduct or resultant injury.'
The ruling leaves thousands of Border Patrol agents"absolutely immunized from liability," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor,"no matter how egregious the misconduct or resultant injury."A ruling by the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday"will have far-reaching consequences" for people who accuse federal agents of violating their constitutional rights, the ACLU warned after the court ruled against a man who wanted to sue a U.S.
In 2014, Egbert entered Boule's property without a warrant to investigate a guest from Turkey. Boule accused the agent of pushing him to the ground and later retaliating when Boule reported the incident to Egbert's supervisors.said the court's conservative majority knows legislation that would allow an individual to sue federal agents for constitutional rights violations is unlikely and is thus effectively"slamming the door on accountability for federal law enforcement.
Thousands of Border Patrol agents have now been"absolutely immunized from liability," said Sotomayor,"no matter how egregious the misconduct or resultant injury." Lawyers for Egbert had argued that allowing Boule's claim to proceed would undermine the ability of Border Patrol agents to conduct searches as part of immigration enforcement, while Sotomayor noted that the case"does not remotely implicate national security."
The ACLU warned that the ruling will leave the country's largest federal agency—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—even less accountable to the public.Our work is licensed under Creative Commons . Feel free to republish and share widely.
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