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 Kilkrazy wrote:
Presumably you can look up the US equivalent of Hansard to find out who put the item into the bill.

You would think that, right? Actually, no. Anonymous riders to bills happen all the time, some infamously. Sometimes they become law because elected officials don't read what they sign.

 Ouze wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Presumably you can look up the US equivalent of Hansard to find out who put the item into the bill.

You would think that, right? Actually, no. Anonymous riders to bills happen all the time, some infamously. Sometimes they become law because elected officials don't read what they sign.

I wonder how many on both sides of the aisle would get voted out if it were known who was sneaking stuff like this into these bills.

I remember when they tried to arrest me for a crime my grandpa committed.....wait......

 Frazzled wrote:
Can you "class action" the government? Er...I highly doubt that.

Absolutely. (I did litigation support for that case, waaaaaaaay back in the day.)

Interesting. We were told in law school you can't sue the royal unless the royal permits it. Must be under one of those.

 Frazzled wrote:
Interesting. We were told in law school you can't sue the royal unless the royal permits it. Must be under one of those.

Check up the Federal Tort Claims Act. There are restrictions on exactly what you can and can't sue for, but I'm bad at legal jargon.

Awww. Because the title said 'Feudal', I was hoping there'd be knights involved? No knights? That is a shame. A missed opportunity for the US: Armoured knights on horseback s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ taking kids' money. Give a more literal meaning to the phrase 'Robber Baron'.

 LordofHats wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Interesting. We were told in law school you can't sue the royal unless the royal permits it. Must be under one of those.

Check up the Federal Tort Claims Act. There are restrictions on exactly what you can and can't sue for, but I'm bad at legal jargon.

Ok so I was right. The govenrment permitted itself to be sued under those conditions.