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Yes. Like most immunities it can be waived by consent. Laws like the FTCA are a blanket waiver for certain kinds of suits. In practice that covers a lot of what you'd want to sue the government for. But the government can also waive the immunity in specific cases, even unintentionally. For example by defending a suit on the merits instead of merely invoking immunity, it implicitly consents to the suit.



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