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William Otis's avatar

A good friend of mine learned in the law observes:

I love the concept but fear that reliance on the criminal justice system will be insufficient. This is so not only because vigorous enforcement of any criminal statute is dependent upon the politics of both the prosecutor (see, e.g.,Soros, George) and the investigative agency (see, eg., Thibault, Timothy), but also because, even under the best of circumstances, investigative and prosecutorial resources are subject to a plethora of competing - and often compelling - demands.

But what if private citizens were incentivized to enforce the statute through private civil actions? Indeed, what if private LAWYERS were incentivized to do so by the possibility of attorney fees upon a successful lawsuit? Such laws already exist with respect to enforcement of laws regarding housing discrimination (42 USC 3613) and voting rights (52 USC 20510). (I think federal law also incentivizes private enforcement of the securities laws, fraud against the government, antitrust, and racketeering - and in at least some of those instances, the private litigant can collect more than just attorney fees). Can the same incentives make it too expensive for public schools to engage in wokism?

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SquidbillyCPO, UltraMAGA's avatar

Law suits by parents also. Remember the school that withheld and hid national merit awards that students had earned which would have helped them get into colleges and to get scholarships until it was to late? To my mind the parents can sue the school personnel who did that personally as well as the school districts because it can be fairly easily proven the school administrators harmed those students financially by their actions.

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