9th Circuit rejects TSA claim of impunity for checkpoint staff who rape traveler
The question decided here isn't:<p>"Can a TSA agent who assaults a traveler be held liable for the assault?" That answer has been "yes" for a long time.<p>But rather:<p>"Can the TSA <i>itself</i> be held liable when an agent under its control commits an assault?"<p>The doctrine of sovereign immunity says "no". However, congress has created exceptions to sovereign immunity, and the ruling is that the TSA is included in those exceptions.