you may be right, but it seems odd that someone wouldn’t be able to take a state to court for violating their constitutional rights.
They can, but there’s a set process for that.
“but it seems odd that someone wouldn’t be able to take a state to court for violating their constitutional rights.”
You CAN take a municipality to federal court for violating your civil rights. But losing a lawsuit isn’t a violation of constitutional rights per se. Now you can argue that the trial court did something wrong - unconstitutional even - but that has to be dealt with IN the appeals process. You can’t sue a court. You can’t sue a judge for doing judge-things, no matter how wrong they are.