Most comments are about the election but you asked about preparations for the new term so I have one. Given we know what Project 2025 is about, lawsuits could be drafted to be filed if the most egregious plans get implemented, such as firing all civil service employees or having the FDA ban mifepristone. Any sizable delays will weaken th…
Most comments are about the election but you asked about preparations for the new term so I have one. Given we know what Project 2025 is about, lawsuits could be drafted to be filed if the most egregious plans get implemented, such as firing all civil service employees or having the FDA ban mifepristone. Any sizable delays will weaken the cases if they are too hard to overturn. Get the lawyers ready to take action!
You have to have a legal basis to file a lawsuit. You can't just file a lawsuit because some policy is "egregious." "Egregious" policies are legal as long as they don't violate a law or a constitutional provision. "Egregious" laws are legal as long as they don't violate the Constitution. But let's say you're successful in court, who enforces that decision? The very administration you're suing to stop the egregious policies. It's heads you lose, tails you lose. Don't count on the courts to bail us out.
But why not anticipate the action and draft something now? (The civil servants are the ones who will have standing.) That way it's ready to go when the "egregious", i.e. unconstitutional, thing happens. I was responding to what JVL asked, which is what can we do now to prepare. Saying don't count on the courts is giving up. What do you propose?
Most comments are about the election but you asked about preparations for the new term so I have one. Given we know what Project 2025 is about, lawsuits could be drafted to be filed if the most egregious plans get implemented, such as firing all civil service employees or having the FDA ban mifepristone. Any sizable delays will weaken the cases if they are too hard to overturn. Get the lawyers ready to take action!
All lower court decisions will be appealed to the SC. They abandoned the Constitution in both the 14th Amendment and the immunity cases.
You have to have a legal basis to file a lawsuit. You can't just file a lawsuit because some policy is "egregious." "Egregious" policies are legal as long as they don't violate a law or a constitutional provision. "Egregious" laws are legal as long as they don't violate the Constitution. But let's say you're successful in court, who enforces that decision? The very administration you're suing to stop the egregious policies. It's heads you lose, tails you lose. Don't count on the courts to bail us out.
But why not anticipate the action and draft something now? (The civil servants are the ones who will have standing.) That way it's ready to go when the "egregious", i.e. unconstitutional, thing happens. I was responding to what JVL asked, which is what can we do now to prepare. Saying don't count on the courts is giving up. What do you propose?
Agree. You also have to have standing to sue.