One justification cited by the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision to allow local governments to be liable under § 1983 is that local residents will hold city officials responsible for their decisions and actions at the ballot box.

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This is one of the justifications cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Monell v. Department of Social Services (1978) for allowing local governments to be held liable under § 1983. The Court argued that local officials are ultimately accountable to their constituents and that residents have the ability to hold them responsible through democratic processes such as elections.

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