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E.Marquez wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:Someone who follows illegal orders should be held fully responsible for their actions, just like the person issuing the illegal orders.

In theory i agree, and in cases where malice is proven Id agree.. But your idea as stated means every person must now be an educated, experienced lawyer with experience in the specific area of this law, so they can actually KNOW the law as it applies to the various permutations of it.

Fundamentally, how is that different than expecting managers to be experts on sexual harassment laws, not to mention discriminatory hiring and firing?

Agreed. Imagine if federal civil rights lawsuits had to be brought by the US AG and the actual victims don't get a dime in the rare case the AG sues. That's essentially what we have with the "fines for signs" smoke and mirrors. Since the Texas legislature did nothing to correct the flaws this session, I think they were by design, and they never intended to punish violation of civil rights under color of law.