I know. In the US, the courts serve the financial interests of lawyers as much as (or more than) they serve justice.

Huawei copied the code. Arista just made the command line commands look the same (according to the article).

Can you copyright a CLI language? I'm not sure you can.

Do you really mean "cannot be sued"? Or are you saying you think the people suing would lose in court?

In the US, the employer would be sued because defending against lawsuits is expensive. So you sue anyone with money. Then you make a deal to drop the lawsuit in exchange for some money -- more than the $0 you deserve, but less than it costs the employer to have his lawyers fight you in court.

You don't need to have a winning case.

In the US, the employer probably has liability insurance that will pay most of the money. I would guess the liability insurance company probably requires the employer not to hire felons -- or charges a much higher premium to employers who hire felons.

What if they find out anyway? If someone hires a thief to work with children and then the thief steals from the child's family, can the employer be sued? Is the government declaration a shield against liability?

We could make it harder to sue or less profitable to sue if you lose. But that would mean some companies could escape liability even though they knew they were hiring felons. What does the anti-corporate crowd on Slashdot suggest for this?

One possible answer is a government funded liability pool. Governments could insure against these lawsuits as a way to help felons keep out of trouble in the future. Of course, this would (correctly) be called a taxpayer giveaway to companies and ex-cons.

It seems like the only solution is for the culture to be less punitive. Against felons and companies and everyone else. Look for that to happen when US politics stops being primarily about "us vs. them". Not soon.

Because driving past a high crime area on the way to give out traffic tickets is the same as having an outpost there for a few weeks?

Did you use due process? What standard of evidence? What's "cause"? Is there a law that has charter revocation as a punishment for violating it, or are you just making up ways you'd like to hurt people? Are you justly compensating the innocent people when you take their property -- their ownership in the corporation?

Centralizing police around other police seems counterproductive and inefficient. If police are going to protect and serve citizens, they should be distributed near the citizens. If they're going to catch criminals or patrol to deter criminals, they should be distributed near the crime areas.

Not for crime. Police cars just give out traffic tickets.

2-3 specially outfitted RVs that can all park in the highest crime area. Add a couple cars.

I would guess there's relatively little crime within a block of the police station. Police should create a mobile platform and move the police stations to where the crime happens every few weeks or months.

Nothing makes a 4 year old more interested in science than watching, and after she turns 5, participating in organized cage fighting. You need to start training her before it's too late.

I would also suggest you wear a luchadore mask around the house and always speak to her using a bad Mexican accent.

I guarantee she will forget about that princess nonsense right away.

Every government of every size has this authority. It's called the criminal justice system.

They are natural and inalienable. They exist as a part of each individual's humanity. First and foremost, you guarantee them yourself by exercising your self-defense rights.