Iowan challenges grossly-unconstitutional section of Iowa Law as unconstitutional

by Sondra Wilson.  Posted in 8/8/24. Updated 8/17/24. 

    After originally filing a petition to commence the lawsuit on February 8, on July 23 I filed this much more in-depth Amended Petition.  On July 26 the State filed a this motion to dismiss, and on August 5 I filed this resistance.

   Within the resistance, on pages 13-18, I challenged the constitutionality of various parts of the Iowa Tort Claims Act (“ITCA”). The ITCA allows Iowa Citizens to sue the State of Iowa if the state (or state employee) causes an injury to its Citizen(s). In law, an “injury” can be a physical injury or an injury to a person’s rights. The ITCA sets forth, “The state shall be liable in respect to such claims to the same claimants, in the same manner, and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances.” The parts of the ITCA I challenged as unconstitutional are found in Iowa Code §669.14, a section which prevents Citizens from suing for injuries caused by government officials who harm Citizens in the following manners:

    • violating rights via enforcing invalid (e.g. unconstitutional or abusive) statutes or regulations; abuse of discretion by government employees or agencies; assault; battery; false imprisonment; false arrest; malicious prosecution; abuse of process; libel; slander; misrepresentation; deceit; interference with contract rights; detention of any goods or merchandise by any law enforcement officer; any claim filed by an inmate.

     Here is an excerpt from of my filing – the unconstitutional provisions indicated in red, and my commentary in the footnotes:

 

The various parts of the lawsuit:

i.Class Action for Transgender Iowans launched against the State and Kim Reynolds – for rights violations and defamation against the State, and for defamation and unjust enrichment against Kim Reynolds’ campaign committee for earning more than $2.5 million dollars while using defamation and promises of rights violations against transgender Iowans to do so!

ii. Lawsuit seeks to Halt State’s Plan to close Iowa Civil Rights Commission; seeks to improve the ICRC instead

iii. Wilson alleges local officials caused her to remain homeless for 8 years

 

 

Other Updates:

July 9: Following numerous filings, Judge Gronewald steps down

Aug. 5: I challenged the State of Iowa’s legal defense of “sovereign immunity” as unconstitutional; awaiting ruling

 

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Sondra standing by Robin Hood statue outside Nottingham Castle on February 23, 2024 during DMACC’s London Abroad program: *

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