Obama claims immunity from lawsuit under 'the king can do no wrong' maxim

Washington Examiner ^

[ameribbean expat]

In response to a class action lawsuit by as many as 3,500 ready-to-hire air traffic controller applicants whose names were "purged" so the Federal Aviation Administration could hire based on race, federal lawyers asserted that the administration is immune from liability for denying constitutional equal protection because of sovereign immunity. In other words, they claim protection by the legal maxim rex non potest peccare, which means, "the king can do no wrong."

[fella]

Who ‘dares’ to say no one is above the law?

[txrefugee]

And the lesson is: Never vote for a Democrat for president again.

[Cowboy Bob]

Where in the Constitution does it say that the government can give preferences based on race or sex. (Affirmative Action). This is another government policy that has brought about the decline of America.

[GnuThere]

What they did to those people was shameful.

[skimbell]

"And the lesson is: Never vote for a Democrat for president again."

[zek157]

RMH would have been ok under this principle?

These people are clueless.

[Grampa Dave]

[zek157]

Yes it was.

[AZLiberty]

This president has long thought he was immune from the Constitution.

[right way right]

He is the “Magic Mulatto”.

[jjotto]

Sovereign immunity as a principle extends to state and local officials also. It’s pretty well established, although there are federal and state laws that limit its applicability somewhat.

Presidents have a lot of power, even by original intent and even more by modern legal butchery. A high level of legal immunity is part of that power and always has been.

[jazusamo]

King Putz only thinks he’s a king.

[LegendHasIt]

But how does this apply to 0bama?

He is a ‘queen’, not a king.

[trisham]

I never realized that our country was a monarchy. Good to know.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Obama is a Muslim first, an enthusiastic anti-white racist second. He’s skilled in the leftist/Marxist techniques of societal disruption, a/k/a “organizing”, which he employs in the service of these primary goals.

This behavior fits right in with that description.

It would also be unbelievable under any previous administration.

[Drango]

Sovereign immunity as a principle...It’s pretty well established,

Very well established. FReepers are getting the vapors over common law.

[Timpanagos1]

A constitutional amendment abolishing sovereign immunity might be necessary.

That would keep the elected officials in line.

[rottndog]

Sovereign Immunity does not extend to illegal acts.

And the supreme court has already ruled that a sitting president can be sued.

[Jack Hammer]

The arch-tool obama set race relations in the US back fifty years.