In Refusing to Consider Marine’s Ordeal, SCOTUS Weakens Deterrents to Hearsay Commitments

“For government officials to not only arrest Brandon Raub for doing nothing more than exercising his First Amendment rights but to actually force him to undergo psychological evaluations and detain him against his will goes against every constitutional principle this country was founded upon,” Rutherford president John W. Whitehead explained. “This should be a wake-up call to Americans that the police state is here.” [More]

Disregard the fact that the guy who provided "expert" opinion only talked to the police, and not to the guy he was sending up the river. The courts all say Raub has no recourse to pursue damages. Which means why should any "official" give a damn? It's not like there are repercussions for bad calls.