http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/jul/21/menewso8-scott-wants-his-name-off-election-lawsuit-ar-245357/By CATHERINE WHITTENBURG | The Tampa Tribune
Published: July 21, 2011
TALLAHASSEE --
Attorneys for Gov. Rick Scott are asking a federal court in South Florida to remove him from the short list of defendants named in the ACLU of Florida's court challenge to the state's new election law.
While much of the governor's recent court filing argues for dismissal of the lawsuit, it also claims that Scott, who signed the law, isn't a fair target of the lawsuit because he doesn't have "enforcement authority of the law they are challenging."
Sovereign immunity claim, ala B*sh