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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Exactly. You work for a private employer, which can pretty much do what it wants to do within the bounds of its contract with you.
He, on the other hand, works for the government. (He is a public employee, not a public official). Under the United States Constitution (and I'm betting the Texas Constitution as well), the government cannot depive any citizen, including one that works for it, of property (including salary) without due process of law, which means at the least a fair hearing with an opportunity to be heard.
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officer=/=offical? either way, the man he stopped still has to pay taxes, and those taxes are being used to pay this guy, while he's on leave.
he is not charged with a crime (that i know of) so how does due process come in?
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