I'm afraid that statement will go right over the head of Seattle's Democrats.
Posted on 06/24/2020 11:19:58 PM PDT by knighthawk
About a dozen businesses and residents located in and around Seattle’s autonomous protest zone sued the city Wednesday — arguing their constitutional rights to property are being violated.
The class-action suit claims the group have had their rights “overrun by the city of Seattle’s unprecedented decision to abandon and close off an entire city neighborhood.”
The so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, which sprouted up on June 8, has been “unchecked by police, unserved by fire and emergency health services, and inaccessible to the public at large,” the lawsuit said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Won’t get anywhere. The city will retreat behind sovereign immunity and thumb their noses at the plaintiffs or worse.
The new communism is “Commonism” and it’s described in “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Read all about it!
Chazturdistan.
Cities do not have sovereign immunity. A state does.
Maybe they should think before they vote.
More than likely they will re-open the area, (Chaz/Chop), and claim the suit is now moot.
Some Invested in Apple ten years ago and some invested in northern Idaho.
Feeling colonized? LOL!!
Sue the state too. Sovereign immunity is nothing more than what the lawyers will argue about. Same as any contract.
Good luck to those who sue for the protection of their property from confiscation by politicians for the benefit of rioters.
But hard to feel sympathy for those who elect those politicians.
The so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, which sprouted up on June 8, has been “unchecked by police, unserved by fire and emergency health services, and inaccessible to the public at large,” the lawsuit said.
Equal Protection Clause
The CHOP people have withdrawn.
They do have some governmental immunity, and police have long since been given immunity to not showing up when called. No duty to protect citizens, etc.
https://columbialawreview.org/content/local-sovereign-immunity/
Hey, this is Democrat territory, where the Constitution is a living, breathing document.
L8r
The lawsuit may not prevail but it is definitely worth the effort.
If they have really sharp attorneys they may find some way to throw something at the wall and make it stick—laws these days are _very_ complex.
The litigation is demanding compensation—for damage done—it is irrelevant whether the damage continues to be done.
Don’t sue the city. Sue the Mayor and Gov personally.
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