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I'm not even sure where to begin with this :) First, you can't sue a state without their permission, they have sovereign immunity. Second, you would have no sta
by DannyBee 10y ago
I'm not even sure where to begin with this :)
First, you can't sue a state without their permission, they have sovereign immunity.
Second, you would have no standing unless you were directly affected
Third, outside of violating non-binding legal ethics rules, it's not clear what law you think this somehow violates.
The state can pretty much do whatever it wants here.
Plus, all of this is federal anyway, so suing the state of texas would accomplish nothing.
Outside of random statutes, your best bet would probably be due process violations, but ...
- MichaelBurge 10y agoA lawsuit might not be appropriate, but there is a separate 'right to petition the government' for that.
- DannyBee 10y agoSure. However, note the supreme court has not, AFAIK, held a right to sue in general: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/right-to-sue http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/right-to-sue They have essentially grounded these claims in due process violations, etc, and then found a right to file those lawsuits. Not a right to sue for anything. When they have tried to find rights in the right to petition (and i will grant that historically, it included a right to sue), it has been cases where someone is directly trying to affect a constitutional right. Also nobody has to give a damn about what you say: "Nothing in the First Amendment or in this Court's case law interpreting it suggests that the rights to speak, associate, and petition require government policymakers to listen or respond to communications of members of the public on public issues."
- sangnoir 10y agoStates' rights, Fuck yeah!
- mobilefriendly 10y agoCorrect, this situation is 100% a creature of Congress and several Administrations, the actual state of Texas has nothing to do with it.