This political exploitation is to be expected in these years of hyper political warfare in the United States in which the interests of the country are detrimentally subordinated to the power interests of one's political party and winning elections to have that power,
Lost in the political exploitation of the immigrant children's lawsuit is the presence of perennial important problems with the mechanisms that society has for protecting its members from the wrongdoings of others in the society and how those victims of wrongdoing should be compensated for losses that the wrongdoing causes them.
Lawmakers are responsible for some of these problems, but they will not or cannot act to ameliorate the problems.
12/7/21
In January 2018 I initiated discussion of the mechanisms that society has for protecting its members from the wrongdoings of others in the society and how those victims of wrongdoing should be compensated for losses that the wrongdoing causes them. I did this in connection with the Alabama Attorney General election. See Larry Nassar and AAG election.
In January 2018 I initiated discussion of the mechanisms that society has for protecting its members from the wrongdoings of others in the society and how those victims of wrongdoing should be compensated for losses that the wrongdoing causes them. I did this in connection with the Alabama Attorney General election. See Larry Nassar and AAG election.
In that discussion, I mentioned Michigan State University's payment of a $500,000,000 settlement in the Larry Nassar case; the USA Gymnastics filing for bankruptcy as a result; the Former President of Michigan State University Lou Anna Simon being charged with two felony and two misdemeanor counts for allegedly lying to police during their investigation of Larry Nassar.
I also mentioned the University of Southern California case of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse by a gynecologist who had worked at the USC student health center; USC reaching a tentative class action settlement agreement worth $215 million regarding the allegations; and the USC President resigning as a result of the scandal and a second scandal of hard core drug use by a medical dean.
I also mentioned the University of Southern California case of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse by a gynecologist who had worked at the USC student health center; USC reaching a tentative class action settlement agreement worth $215 million regarding the allegations; and the USC President resigning as a result of the scandal and a second scandal of hard core drug use by a medical dean.
Further I brought up the past 25 years of numerous settlements and bankruptcies in Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States (listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlements_and_bankruptcies_in_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases.)
At the time 29 priests and deacons in the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama had been "credibly accused" of sexual misconduct with a child since 1950.
At the time 29 priests and deacons in the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama had been "credibly accused" of sexual misconduct with a child since 1950.
I further mentioned the 90,000 sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.
While the cases I discussed in Larry Nassar and AAG election involved sexual wrongdoings and compensating victims of sexual wrongdoings, all human activities in the society raise the important matters of how to prevent wrongdoing from happening and how victims of wrongdoing should be compensated for harms to them.
Much national attention continues to be given to mass shootings, and the question of what society can or should do to ;try to prevent mass shootings. Associated with this is whether and how the victims of mass shootings and their families should be compensated. The following are four mass shooting cases and associated lawsuits and settlements, for which I give links to news articles for more information.
Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with Justice Department - CNNPolitics (settlement amount $127,000,000)
Court approves $800M settlement for MGM Resorts, Vegas shooting victims (nbcnews.com) (September 2020)
Charleston church shooting: Victims' families reach $88M settlement after 2015 massacre by Dylann Roof - CNN October 2021 (settlement amount $88,000,000)
Questions for consideration:
1. How helpful and beneficial are such lawsuits and settlements in society's efforts to prevent mass shootings?
2. Whether or not the lawsuits and settlements help in society's efforts to prevent mass shootings, should victims of mass shootings and their families be compensated in the way afforded by the lawsuits and settlements?
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