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Below is a list series of links related to holding government officials and agencies accountable. The following does not constitute legal advice: it is merely a compilation of these otherwise, often scattered segments of the law.
color of law crimes – abuse of authority by government employees.
- extortion – the unlawful taking by an officer of the law, by color of his office, of any money or thing of value not due to him, or taking more than is due, or taking it before it is due.
I was arrested! – was it lawful or unlawful?
government tort – committed by a government employee, agent, or instrumentality.
- Tort Claims Acts – federal and state Acts of Congress that waive sovereign immunity, thus allowing governments to be sued for torts committed by its employees and agents.
- official misconduct – a public officer’s violation of duty by malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.
- Regarding “sovereign immunity” – note that, although a government official may not be held liable if acting within the scope of their duty, the government itself may still be liable – see Tort Claims Acts.
- abuse of discretion – an adjudicator (judge) or appellate court’s failure to exercise sound, reasonable, and legal decision-making, unsupported by the evidence. – aka denial of justice.
- arbitrary and capricious – a concept which permits a court to substitute its judgment for that of an administrative agency’s unreasonable decision which ignores the law or facts of the case
Election Fraud and Electioneering – set of crimes pertaining to.
subversion – the process of overthrowing, destroying, or corrupting the government, often by infiltrating the government to undermine domestic policy.
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