Supremes slap SWAT stupidity, DOGE cuts inspire innovation and other commentary

The Supreme Court just unanimously opened the door for “innocent injured parties to hold federal law enforcement officers accountable,” notes the Washington Examiner’s editorial board.In 2017, a SWAT team led by an FBI special agent raided the wrong Atlanta house, but a lower court tossed the homeowners’ lawsuit.Huh?“The Federal Tort Claims Act was amended in 1974 specifically to allow” for compensation in such cases.The 11th Circuit had “held that unless a source of federal law ‘specifically prescribes’ a course of conduct,” any “official act is immune from suit”; now the Supremes have “rejected that test,” demanding “a rule that is more in spirit with the 1974 amendments.”“Downsizing pushed the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to adopt tech solutions that it could have tried years ago,” cheers C.

Jarrett Dieterle at Reason.DOGE cuts are “clearly forcing agencies to think more creatively and to explore new ideas for increasing efficiency and cutting costs.”Look at the agency tasked with approving labels on cans and bottles of alcohol: “The TTB is exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help with the label review and approval process,” though “before the staff reductions, it does not appear to have been on the agency’s radar.”Plus: The pre-DOGE TTB had expanded its own brief “to police the naming protocols of orange-tinted Pinot Grigio.If downsizing is what it takes to pull Washington back from that sort of micromanagement, we need more of it.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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