I like Title 42, Section 1983
As some may already know, I like Title 42, Sect 1983 lawsuits, and want to see more of them - this is one of our controls against an errant and lawless government.
Judicial watch ( http://www.judicialwatch.org/ ) has been providing legal protection for Joe the Plumber in his action against the state miscreants in Ohio, and this is the latest doc filed:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24808765/Wurz ... Memorandum
The original complaint is found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24809575/Wurz ... -09-Cv-162
For those not familiar with Title 42, Section 1983:
Sec. 1983. - Civil action for deprivation of rights
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
Section 1983 provides that anyone who, under color of state or local law, causes a person to be deprived of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, or by federal law, is liable to that person (aka a Victim of Government).
In Joe the Plumber's case, State of Ohio government employees were caught rifling through Wurzelbacher's confidential files with impunity to help a presidential candidate (and you'll never guess which candidate it was). This was a clear violation of Wurzelbacher's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, hence, the complaint.