From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 23:50:32 +0800
To: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Subject: Re: Right to sue multiple states...
In-Reply-To: <199712291529.JAA01672@einstein.ssz.com>
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In <199712291529.JAA01672@einstein.ssz.com>, on 12/29/97 
   at 10:29 AM, Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> said:

> 
>			       ARTICLE III. 
> 
>Section 2.  The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and
>Equity,  arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States,
>and Treaties  made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;
>[deleted text]
>between Citizens of different States;
>[deleted text]

>Clearly my suing say the govenor and legislature of each of the 50 states
>qualifies as a case involving citizens of different states and therefore
>there is clearly a right to sue multiple states at the federal level and
>falls under the responsibility of the Supreme Court.

Good point execpt are we talking of suing a States' governemnt for damages
or are we talking of suing individules, who happen to be part of a State's
government, for damages? I think that it is universal that one is
precluded from suing a memeber of government for carying out the duties of
office (ie: you can't sue the Governor of Texas for passing a law you
don't like while you can sue the govenor if hits your car going down the
road).

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