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This 7 page paper defines what it means to act in the color of the law and outlines the problems that can result. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Acting in the Color of State
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Numerous safeguards exist to protect US citizens from a misuse of power by officials. Officials that purport to be doing their duty under law but that in actuality
are going outside the bounds of the actual laws are acting "under the color of state law". They are misusing or even abusing their power as an official representative
of the government. Interesting, even those that are not official employees or representatives that willfully participate with those going beyond legal boundaries can be found guilty of acting under
the color of state law as well. The term "color of", although a peculiar choice of descriptions, is used in law to describe
anything that might appear to be right but that in actuality is wrong. U.S.C.S 1983 provides that "Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or
usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof
to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity,
or other proper proceeding for redress . . .". In United States v Classic it was determined that "misuse of power, possessed by virtue of state law and made
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