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public servant

noun as in government employee or appointee

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Justice Secretary David Lammy said: "Helen was an extraordinary public servant whose life's work and her legacy are defined by courage, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to justice."

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I know because I cut my baby lawyer teeth defending public servants and soldiers who blew the whistle on such unilateral, unreviewable and irreversible executive power — people like U.S.

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In the first years that public servants were eligible for relief under the program, very few actually got it.

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The legal doctrine of qualified immunity shields public servants from civil litigation, unless their actions violate “clearly established” law, so they can make judgments without constant legal threats and public funds are protected.

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The latter, he intimated, would include today’s “attacks on public servants” and a Justice Department driving “to achieve certain outcomes no matter what.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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