Fourteenth Amendment Question for DUers who have access to University/College databases.

[merrily]

67. No, but you asked about the 14th amendment, esp. due process and equal pro, not criminal law.

I am not sure, but you seem to be conflating this

1. They believe that all they have to do is prove a public interest exists

with this:

2. and from there all kinds of wrong-doing takes place (the wrongdoing being, according to you, graft and corruption)

Those seem to be two distinct issues.

1. As to a law or some kind of government action, apparently economic, all they may indeed need to do is prove a public interest. There is a famous, semi-tragic case on eminent domain that illustrates that. However, since I have next to no facts, I have no way of knowing.

2. As to graft and corruption, if someone is crooked, holding office enables that. And those are issues of the criminal law of your state, not federal constitutional law.

I have to underscore that everything I've posted on this thread is based on what I have been able to understand from what you posted, which, for me, has not been enough. So, everything I've posted may be wrong and/or irrelevant. I simply cannot tell from the vague info that I have, but.......

You now have lots of sources and suggestions and other info and, unlike me, you do know the facts, at least as you see them. The next move has to be up to you.