北达科他州立法者投票决定偿还参议员Janne Myrdal 5万美元的法律费用, North Dakota lawmakers voted to reimburse Senator Janne Myrdal $50,000 in legal fees from a Facebook lawsuit.
北达科他州立法者已投票偿还参议员Janne Myrdal近50 000美元的法律费用, North Dakota lawmakers have voted to reimburse Senator Janne Myrdal nearly $50,000 for legal fees after she was sued for blocking a constituent on Facebook. 该诉讼被州最高法院驳回,最高法院裁定Myrdal作为私人公民,而不是公共代表行事。 The lawsuit was dismissed by the state Supreme Court, which ruled Myrdal acted as a private citizen, not a public representative. 得到10-4票批准的补偿旨在保护公职人员免受轻率法律攻击造成的财务损害,尽管一些立法者对在此类案件中建立使用公共资金的先例表示关切。 The reimbursement, approved by a 10-4 vote, aims to protect public officials from financial harm due to frivolous legal attacks, though some lawmakers expressed concerns about setting a precedent for using public funds in such cases.