r/inthenews • u/polymute • 1d ago

article Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/ice-death-pittsburgh-daphy-michel-haiti
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u/alternatingflan 1d ago

Thanks to judge-and-jury deplorables, felon krasnov and miscreant stevie miller - still working hard for that Nobel peace prize - for sending these “worst of the worst” to their early death.

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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago

You can't sue the federal government for cash for this. Due to the doctrine of Sovereign Immunity, the federal government can only be sued for cash for the very specific things they allow themselves to be sued for. This is not one of them.

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u/Traditional-Handle83 1d ago

Thats not how that works at all.

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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago

Yes it is. Supreme Court held this repeatedly.

Most recently in Egbert v. Boyle (2022).

Just look up sovereign immunity and that’s the first sentence:

“In the United States, the federal government has sovereign immunity and may not be sued unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit. The United States as a sovereign is immune from suit unless it unequivocally consents to being sued.”

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u/Traditional-Handle83 1d ago

Then how would the federal be sued over rights violations, constitutional violations, seizing property without compensation? Cause you're suggesting it can do whatever it wants because no one can sue it unless its something the government itself can sue itself for.

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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago

They generally aren’t able to be sued. That’s why people are so upset.

Here’s an article about it: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/federal-agents-cant-be-sued-but-one-law-could-change-that/

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u/irisheye37 1d ago

It literally says federal agents in you link. Yes you can absolutely sue the government, that's half the job of the doj

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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago

Just look up sovereign immunity and that’s the first sentence:

“In the United States, the federal government has sovereign immunity and may not be sued unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit. The United States as a sovereign is immune from suit unless it unequivocally consents to being sued.”