Tim Eyman loses in court, faces possible lifetime ban on managing political finances
OLYMPIA — Tim Eyman had called Friday morning’s court hearing “the Super Bowl.”
“I ask for your prayers this morning,” Eyman wrote ahead of the hearing.
The prayers went unanswered. Eyman lost.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon ruled Friday morning that Eyman could potentially be punished with a lifetime ban on managing or directing the finances of a political committee.
At issue was Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s long-running lawsuit against the anti-tax activist. Eyman had filed a motion to have the potential punishment thrown out, arguing that it would be an unconstitutional infringement on his First Amendment right to speech, and that even the possibility of such a ban was having a chilling effect on his ability to fund ballot initiatives.
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