Appeals Court Smashes Government Habit of Dodging Financial Liabilities
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
This article originally appeared on WND.com
Agencies sued for violating the constitution pull out at the last minute
It’s a tactic that’s actually been seen over and over: A government agency gets sued for one of its practices, and just before a court ruling comes, it backs down, or has the practice changed somehow.
The case then goes away, with or without a court decision favorable to the plaintiffs. But the governmental entity insists it does not owe attorneys’ fees to the plaintiffs, a standard practice in such cases, because it reversed course before the decision.
But now an appeals court is holding a governmental body accountable anyway,
