“Initiative Measure 976 contains more than one subject, and its subject is not accurately expressed in its title. Accordingly, it is unconstitutional,” the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled.
Category: Litigation
Republicans file new lawsuit against Governor Inslee’s stay home, stay healthy orders
Republicans unhappy that Washington State hasn’t abandoned its efforts to combat the novel coronavirus have gone to federal court to challenge Governor Inslee’s authority.
Tim Eyman pal Clint Didier: “We can take care of this virus by letting the people catch it”
A group of radical, right wing Republican Social Darwinists are seeking to undo Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Health orders with a malicious federal lawsuit.
Tim Eyman’s I‑976 will remain frozen while State Supreme Court considers challenge to it
A panel of justices concluded that an injunction barring Initiative 976’s implementation should remain in effect through the remainder of the challenge asserting it is unconstitutional.
Another loss for Tim Eyman: Judge rules injunction against I‑976 shall remain in place
The disgraced initiative promoter turned Republican gubernatorial candidate has suffered another defeat in court as the legal battle against his anti-transit initiative continues.
Judge Marshall Ferguson keeps I‑976 on ice while Tim Eyman pretends it’s taking effect
Tim Eyman, who remains furious that I‑976 has not been implemented, sent out an email triumphantly — and falsely — proclaiming that I‑976 had taken effect.
State Supreme Court: Sound Transit’s motor vehicle excise tax (MVET) is constitutional
The Washington State Legislature did not violate Article II, Section 37 of the Constitution when it granted Sound Transit new revenue authority in 2015, the Court has decided.
Lawsuit against I‑976 to continue as judge rejects most claims of unconstitutionality
Judge Marshall Ferguson has rejected most of the constitutional claims against Tim Eyman’s incredibly destructive I‑976, but not all. The Supreme Court will have the final word.
Weekend Reading: All of the possible ways Tim Eyman’s I‑976 violates the Constitution
The plaintiffs suing to defeat Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976 have outlined nearly a dozen ways in which it violates Washington State’s plan of government.
Diverting sales tax revenue from vehicle sales will not get us beyond I‑976, Republicans
Curtis King and his colleagues are nonsensically proposing to backfill lost vehicle fee revenue with another revenue source that I‑976 targeted for repeal.
Tim Eyman is apparently unaware that Thurston County’s Intercity Transit is also a plaintiff suing to invalidate Initiative 976
The con artist says he is going to Thurston County Superior Court to defend I‑976, but seems not to know that the county’s transit agency is one of his adversaries in the lawsuit against I‑976.
I‑976 legal challenge gets more complicated as court signs off on motions to intervene
The legal challenge against Tim Eyman’s incredibly destructive Initiative 976 appears poised to turn into quite the complex courtroom drama.
AGO’s Noah Purcell issues scathing rejoinder to Tim Eyman’s claims of I‑976 sabotage
Washington State’s Solicitor General is tired of Tim Eyman’s constant attacks on the attorneys who have the unenviable job of defending Eyman’s Initiative 976.
Tim Eyman’s pals fail miserably in their attempt to intervene in I‑976 legal challenge
The Washington State Supreme Court made mincemeat out of a motion filed by Tim Eyman’s friends to intervene in the case against Eyman’s initiative to defund multimodal transportation infrastructure.