Failure to Protect

[traladeda]

First, I acknowledge we can sue anyone for anything...but what I've been trying to find out is if there is anything in statute or precedent that could be read or argued as the basis for bringing a lawsuit against the administration for failure to act, nay failure to even TRY to protect the republic against a national security threat?

[Timewas]

1. Called

Malfeasance............. noun, Law.
1.
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust).

Or
nonfeasence: noun, Law.
1.
the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.

Or

misfeasance:

noun, Law.
1.
a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action.
2.
the wrongful performance of a normally lawful act; the wrongful and injurious exercise of lawful authority.