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		ceejayoz on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by U... You ask what the procedure is, and then link right to it. Legislation giving citizens the right to sue in certain scenarios. Without the government's OK, no suing the government. The decision here would be "there's no clearly established law that the US can't shoot down a balloon with an F-22" on qualified immunity grounds.

michaelhoffman on Feb 16, 2023 [–]

That legislation has already been passed. The Federal Tort Claims Act has been the law of the land for 77 years.

ceejayoz on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

And qualified immunity in these sorts of scenarios (and much, much more deliberately egregious conduct) has been the reality of the land since 1967.

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