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I've always heard it described as the US federal government has to give you permission to file suit against it.
by talmand 11y ago
I've always heard it described as the US federal government has to give you permission to file suit against it.
- rayiner 11y agoYes. Like most immunities it can be waived by consent. Laws like the FTCA are a blanket waiver for certain kinds of suits. In practice that covers a lot of what you'd want to sue the government for. But the government can also waive the immunity in specific cases, even unintentionally. For example by defending a suit on the merits instead of merely invoking immunity, it implicitly consents to the suit.