Sounds awfully close to the notorious SLAPP (”A strategic lawsuit against public participation”). Tie up the opponents in legal knots and thus suppress others who lack the resources to fight.
If I ever got such a letter, the very first thing I would do is ether destroy everything or, if I thought it might help me for some other stuff, put it in a safe deposit box, effectively “destroying” it for their purposes.
i.e. “Sorry lady. You’re late.”
THAT is a really good point.
Was used in California virtually always by Leftists to defeat any Right wing opposition though.
And while we’re at it, why is a private law firm acting as Plaintiff for a State? This suit was brought by the vile AG of Washington State, Bob Ferguson.
“SLAPP”
Here’s a classic example: California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative).
It was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal aliens from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California.
Voters passed the proposed law at a referendum in November 1994. The law was challenged in a legal suit and found unconstitutional by a federal district court. In 1999, Governor Gray Davis halted state appeals of this ruling.
CA citizens/voters saw the court overturn the vox populi.