21-year-old who publicly dressed down Abraham Lincoln in 1864

[David Lockmiller]

(12-12-2019 07:31 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Thanks David.

Makes me wonder why the Times would print the first article in "Your Morning Briefing" (post #1) to begin with.
The Times seems to show a lack of responsibility with "Freedom Of The Press".
Unfortunately, they are not alone.

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Gene, you and others, might be interested in the creation of the Federal Tort Claims Act and its treatment by the U. S. Supreme Court. The following is from an article in today's New York Times.

Paradoxically, the Feres doctrine has its legal roots in an effort by Congress to make it easier, not harder, to sue the government. The story started on a foggy morning in 1945, when an Army bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. The accident killed 14 people and injured dozens more, but the victims and their families were unable to sue because of a longstanding legal principle called sovereign immunity, which barred citizens from suing the federal government unless Congress passed a law specifically consenting to the suit.

In the public outcry that followed the crash, Congress passed the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act, allowing a broad range of civil lawsuits against the government. But it included some exceptions, and one of them was for injuries to troops “arising out of the combatant activities.”

U.S. Troops Could Soon Be Able to Sue Over Medical Blunders