Guantánamo hunger strikers subject to harsh new method of force feeding

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49. What's this "total immunity" of which you speak? "Sovereign Immunity" covers it, Constitutionally!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity_in_the_United_States

In the United States, the federal government has sovereign immunity and may not be sued unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit. See Gray v. Bell, 712 F.2d 490, 507 (D.C. Cir. 1983). The United States has waived sovereign immunity to a limited extent, mainly through the Federal Tort Claims Act, which waives the immunity if a tortious act of a federal employee causes damage, and the Tucker Act, which waives the immunity over claims arising out of contracts to which the federal government is a party. The Federal Tort Claims Act and the Tucker Act are not as broad waivers of sovereign immunity as they might appear, as there are a number of statutory exceptions and judicially fashioned limiting doctrines applicable to both. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1331 confers federal question jurisdiction on district courts, but this statute has been held not to be a blanket waiver of sovereign immunity on the part of the federal government.

I won't ever argue that it's right, but unless the Feds say you can sue them, you simply CANNOT. Same goes for most governments worldwide...they all operate with total immunity. "It's good to be King!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity