{"id":23290,"date":"2011-11-01T02:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T08:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/are-privatized-government-functions-immune-from-government-checks.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T23:25:14","slug":"are-privatized-government-functions-immune-from-government-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/are-privatized-government-functions-immune-from-government-checks.html","title":{"rendered":"Are privatized government functions immune from government checks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#39;d think that would be a nonsensical question, that basic constitutional guarantees apply whether the other party is the government or a corporation serving in lieu of. But our business-boosting Supreme Court has already ruled that such businesses cannot themselves be sued as the government can; now they will be deciding if their employees can be, either.  <\/p>\n<p>Remember that, next time someone talks about how much money we&#39;d save if only we&#39;d outsource some government function into private hands.  Part of the (hypothetical, and often not demonstrated) savings comes from not having to follow the Constitution the way the government has to.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2Fprivate-prisons.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2011\/10\/31\/357137\/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-corporate-prison-employees-are-immune-to-the-constitution\/'>Supreme Court To Decide Whether Corporate Prison Employees Are Immune To The Constitution<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRichard Lee Pollard was a federal inmate when he slipped, fell and broke both his elbows. Prison officials then allegedly forced him into a jumpsuit and wrist restraints, despite the fact that these r&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/MomqBmzS4aH'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Post imported by Google+Blog.  Created By <a href='http:\/\/minimali.se\/'>Daniel Treadwell<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#39;d think that would be a nonsensical question, that basic constitutional guarantees apply whether the other party is the government or a corporation serving in lieu of. But our business-boosting Supreme Court has already ruled that such businesses cannot themselves be sued as the government can; now they will be deciding if their employees can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/are-privatized-government-functions-immune-from-government-checks.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are privatized government functions immune from government checks?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,715,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-crime-punishment","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9980,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/03\/if_a_democrat_had_said_it.html","url_meta":{"origin":23290,"position":0},"title":"If a Democrat had said it &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Oct-06 6:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"... 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