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> If his justification were that he didn't like the cut of his jib, then you'd be against it I assume

So this may surprise you but the government of the United States is naturally immune from any case where it kills you or harms you in any way.

Congress has consented to being liable because it thinks that's nice, but it withdraws consent whenever it wants. The entirety of the idea of 'suing' or 'prosecuting' the government is something that only happens with the governments consent and they regularly withdraw it if it's upsetting the them



So the government can violate my rights as long as it kills me too? That doesn’t pass a sniff test.


Your family could not sue the government* and obviously, being dead, you'd have no standing in court.

* You cannot sue because the federal government and all state governments are immune from all civil suits naturally. Congress has consented to be sued because it thinks that that's a nice approach, but it can always choose to not be sued if it wanted to




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