...acting in its role as a regulator of the conduct of private individuals. Congress wished to prevent "second-guessing" of legislative and administrative...political policy through the medium of an action in tort. Pp. 807-814. (b) Here, the discretionary function exception precludes a tort action based upon the...

...activities from exposure to suit by private citizens. Congress wished to prevent judicial "second guessing* of legislative and administrative decisions grounded...discretionary governmental functions, including regulatory 198 - 5 activities, Congress took 'steps to protect the Government from liability that would seriously...

...acts of the Government acting in its role as a regulator of the conduct of private individuals .... Congress wished to prevent judicial 'secondguessing'...political policy through the medium of an action in tort." Id. Turning to the cases before it, the Supreme Court held that all the acts involved clearly fell...

...to "all employees exercising discretion." Daltkit*, 346 US at 33, 73 S.Ct at 966. Second, "Congreaa wished to prevent judicial 'second-guessing' of legislative...political policy through the medium of an action in tort." Therefore, if judicial review would encroach upon thai type) of balancing done by an agency, then the...

...exception was "to prevent judicial 'second-guessing* of legislative and administrative decisions founded in social, economic, and political policy through the medium of an action in tort." 7 In its most recent explication of the discretionary function exception, the Supreme Court held that...

...exception was "to prevent judicial 'second-guessing' of legislative and administrative decisions founded in social, economic, and political policy through the medium of an action in torf7 In its most recent explication of the discretionary function exception, the Supreme Court held...

...original intent of the Congress in adopting the defense, ie . "to prevent judicial 'second-guessing1 of legislative and administrative decisions grounded in social, economic and political policy . . . ." United States v. Varia Airlines. 467 US 797, 814 (1984) . Unfortunately, this policy/operational...

...prevent judicial "secondgUMatng* of legislative and administrative decisions grounded in social, •TnK and political policy through the medium of an action in tort. By tuMmiii^ m exception for discretionary governmental runctkmi, Including regulatory activltjei. Congress...

...for the discretionary function exception was Congress' desire to "prevent judicial "second guessing" of legislative and administrative decisions grounded in social, economic and political policy tbrough the medium of an action in tort. The exception, properly construed, therefore protects only...

...level'," Cass, supra n. 13 at 1 19. to attempt to maintain the presumed purpose of the exception, ". . . to prevent judicial 'second-guessing' of legislative...economic and political policy through the medium of a tort suit."27 The problem, of course, is that of delimitation: just where is the line between an...