set of facts existed in a case previously decided that is so well-known and recognized that no reasonable public official would not have knowledge thereof. (9) The failure to hold governmental entities, responsible for the constitutional violations of their agents or employees acting within the course and scope of their employment, together with the qualified immunity the courts have granted the agents and employees from personal responsibility for their constitutional violations, deprive citizens of the United States and other persons within its jurisdiction of an effective remedy for the deprivation of their rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and specifically, drastically weaken the remedy granted by section 1979 of the Revised Statutes ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ), making this bill which amends the section necessary in order to restore the purpose and intent of section 1979 of the Revised Statutes. 6. Expanding civil rights remedies Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 42 U.S.C. 1983 ) is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before the first sentence