Local Rule 7024-2: Claim of Unconstitutionality

Rule 7024-2 Claim of Unconstitutionality When in any action or proceeding to which the United States or any of its agencies, officers, or employees, is not a party, and the constitutionality of any Act of Congress affecting the public interest is questioned, or in any action or proceeding in which a state or any of its agencies, officers, or employees is not a party, and the constitutionality of any statute of that state affecting the public interest is questioned, the party raising the constitutional issue must notify this court of the existence of the question and the legal reason for the claim of unconstitutionality.

The Court will notify the Attorney General of the United States or the Attorney General of the state of the pendency of the constitutional claim and will provide an opportunity to intervene on the issue.