EPISODE · Apr 20, 2022 · 42 MIN
Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors
from Short Circuit
Suing the United States government is really hard. So hard that someone’s family might not get to even if the government is at fault for that person dying in a flood. Adam Shelton explains why that luckily might not be true in this case, but all too often is. Then Diana Simpson walks us through a procedural pretzel of property rights preventing people from putting up homes. She also discusses some old cases you might not know about, but really should. Click here for transcript.
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Episode 216 | Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors
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