Egbert v. Boule
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this case the Court holds that you have no right to sue a federal official, even if a border agent trespasses on your property, knocks you to the ground, and calls the IRS on you for having the gall to file a complaint about it. So if you're keeping track at home, the Court is saying that First Amendment and Fourth Amendment don't actually mean anything.
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| 0:00.0 | We will hear argument this morning in case 21-147, Eggbert vs. Blay. |
| 0:11.0 | Hey everyone, this is Andrew Parsons from Prologue Projects. Leon is away this week. |
| 0:16.0 | On this episode of 5-4, what happens when a Border Patrol agent violates your constitutional rights? |
| 0:23.0 | The case involves the owner of an inn near the Canadian border who said a US Border Patrol agent used excessive force against him. |
| 0:30.0 | He sued, but you actually can't sue, not according to the Supreme Court. |
| 0:35.0 | In a 6-3 decision handed down earlier this year, the justices made it nearly impossible to sue federal officials for damages. |
| 0:43.0 | This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have left our civil rights weak and cowering, like a police officer during a school shooting. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Peter. I'm here with Rianne. |
| 1:06.0 | Hey everybody, hello. |
| 1:08.0 | And Michael. |
| 1:09.0 | Hi. Sorry, we took a week off, so I'm a little late with it, but I had to bring it. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, bidding. |
| 1:16.0 | Today's case is Egbert V. Boulet. |
| 1:20.0 | This is a case from just a couple of weeks ago about whether you can sue federal officials for violating your constitutional rights. |
| 1:28.0 | There is a law, title 42, section 1983, generally referred to as just section 1983, that allows people to sue state officials who violate their constitutional rights. |
| 1:40.0 | So if a state police officer smacks you with a baton for no reason, you can at least theoretically sue for damages. |
| 1:49.0 | Right. |
| 1:50.0 | But the law does not apply to federal officials. |
| 1:53.0 | So there's a question of what you can do when a federal official violates your rights. |
| 1:59.0 | Can you sue them for damages? |
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