所谓高法裁决政府没有保护民众安全的义务完全是某左派媒体的歪曲。
这是高法裁决的全文。
高法的裁决否定原告的申诉,即被告(政府)违反第14宪法修正案没有给予原告以保护。
Petitioner and his mother sued respondents under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that respondents had deprived petitioner of his liberty interest in bodily integrity, in violation of his rights under the substantive component of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, by failing to intervene to protect him against his father's violence.
高法认为第14修正案里明确写明该修正案里所指的经过正当程序的保护是指政府及其雇员对原告的伤害,而不是其他个人给原告的伤害。因此这个申诉写的时候引用第14修正案是有问题的,没有法律根据予以支持。
The Clause is phrased as a limitation on the State's power to act, not as a guarantee of certain minimal levels of safety and security; while it forbids the State itself to deprive individuals of life, liberty, and property without due process of law
高法并没有直接判定政府应该怎样保护公民的安全。
这个案子原告可以引用其他法律来告政府不作为,但是律师选择了错误的法律依据才一直打到高法而被驳回。
本来就是这么一个简单的事。高法是宪法法庭,裁决的是下层法庭的裁决是否符合宪法及其修正案,而不是针对某件事的是非。
被左派媒体炒作成了高法裁决政府不必保护民众。