Free Market Files Lawsuit to Give Texans a Voice in the Speaker of the House Race

Press Conference Speaker of the House

On Wednesday, Free Market and Kelly Shackelford filed a lawsuit against the Texas Ethics Commission as the enforcing agency of an unconstitutional law that practically bars everyday Texans from having a say in the Speaker of the House race.  Kelly, Hiram Sasser of Free Market Foundation, Lisa Graybill are here holding a press conference at the Texas Capitol with their attorney, Jim Ho of Gibson, Dunn & Cutcher.

READ MORE about the prohibitive law and Free Market’s lawsuit

READ the legal complaint and READ the motion for preliminary injunction

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