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“These immunities underscore our republican form of government in which citizens choose their elected officials, who are then duty-bound to represent their constituents’ interests through legislative and regulatory initiatives,” the 54-page brief said. “Without immunity from liability, officials and localities are understandably likely to refrain from acting on matters they reasonably believe are both permissible and in the interest of their constituents, for fear of professional and financial ruin if it is later determined their belief was mistaken.” |
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“However, appellees (local governments and officials) have not voted on or enacted such restrictions — even when they believe that such actions would not be preempted — because they fear that such actions could possibly be interpreted after the fact as violating the preemption law, thereby subjecting them to the severe punishments of the penalty provisions.”
IOW, the law is working exactly as designed; it is successfully deterring left-leaning subdivisions from infringing a fundamental right protected by two constitutions and state law.
The appellants haven't a leg to stand on. |
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