A lawsuit that challenges the legality of a program that would deputize armed citizens for mobilization during emergency situations is an "end-around" by "anti-law-enforcement" Democrats opposed to the project, an attorney representing Nassau and County Executive Bruce Blakeman told a judge on Tuesday.

The attorney, Joshua Liebman, said Legis. Debra Mulé (D-Freeport) and Scott Davis (D-Rockville Centre) had attempted to restrict Blakeman’s right to free speech with the lawsuit they filed on behalf of the county legislature’s Democratic caucus.

In a Mineola hearing Tuesday before State Supreme Court Justice Gary Carlton in Nassau County, Liebman argued that Mulé and Davis lack standing to bring the lawsuit, saying they were trying to use the courts instead of taking legislative action.

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