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Law professor urges elimination of sovereign immunity during Senate committee hearing
Summary
Josh Silverstein, a law professor, told the committee SJR 3 would remove sovereign immunity and allow citizens to sue the state in state court, arguing this change strengthens accountability and due process; members raised procedural questions about how lawsuits against the state would be handled.
The committee heard testimony on SJR 3, a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate sovereign immunity for the state and its instrumentalities.
Josh Silverstein, a law professor who said he was speaking in his individual capacity, told the committee SJR 3 would allow any person to sue the state in state court ‘‘in the same circumstances as any other type of defendant, such as a natural person or a corporation.’’ He argued…
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