Sentence examples for constitutional liability from inspiring English sources

Constitutional liability for state contractors was based on the Supreme Court's interpretation of a 19th-century civil rights law, he said, while the doctrine of constitutional liability for federal wrongdoers was based solely on judicial interpretation rather than on a statute.

"If that seat is gone, the only thing minority voters will have to hang over elected officials' heads is Section Two liability and constitutional liability, which are much tougher standards to win under," he said.

"Whether or not Whitman's resolution of such competing considerations was wise," the court said, "she has not engaged in conduct that 'shocks the conscience' in the sense necessary to create constitutional liability for damages to thousands of people".

In Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982), the Court invented the doctrine of "qualified immunity," which protects government officials from liability for constitutional injuries unless their conduct violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights.

Under the Supreme Court's precedents governing municipal liability for constitutional violations, it isn't enough to prove that egregious violations occurred.

These statements reafirmed the demand of the people to amend the law, and eloquently state the reasoned basis of the need to amend the constitutional provisions on the liability of members of the government.

Qualified immunity can protect an officer from many of the risks associated with civil liability for alleged constitutional right violations.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.

But the SMSF's ability to provide financing is indirectly capped by member states' maximum liability at €700bn (£595bn); after the constitutional court excluded joint and several liability in its September 2012 ruling, Germany's maximum liability stands at €190bn.

Under it, any constitutional violation that provokes a law-abiding citizen can create liability for a public official.

Mr Chirac's lawyer argues that his client is protected by the constitutional provision that "the president of the republic shall incur no liability by reason of acts carried out in this official capacity".