I doubt it's a US prerogative, this happened regularly in my home town in Italy, with the extra fun of really slow justice. E.g. it took a whole administration

I doubt it's a US prerogative, this happened regularly in my home town in Italy, with the extra fun of really slow justice. E.g. it took a whole administration (~5 years) to get through with a door-to-door recycling system because of lawsuits and appeals.