Michigan parents sue school district for gender swap on their autistic daughter
(thepostmillennial.com)
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True, government employees are generally immune to personal liability if they're acting within the scope of their employment and following the policies of their employer.
I guess it's the way that it's always presented that cheeses me off. It's not: "employee X was following our policies, and shouldn't be held personal responsible if those policies resulted in harm or violated the law; this is a dispute between the plaintiffs and us". It's "nothing to see here, policies (that we created ourselves) were followed".
Like committing something to paper and doing it regularly provides a magical shield against scrutiny for that conduct.
I believe even private employees a limited form of immunity if they're acting on their employer's orders, following their policies, etc. The idea is that the employer is responsible, so the wronged party should sue them instead. It's usually not a problem for the plaintiff since the employer has deeper pockets anyway.