Judge says, yeah, no, failed Senate candidate isn't going to get any money, let alone $1.2 billion, from Bill Galvin

Hours after failed Republican Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai sued Secretary of State William Galvin over what he claims is massive election fraud, a federal judge schooled him - and his lawyer - in the basics of federal constitutional law, specifically the 11th Amendment, which bars federal courts from hearing lawsuits involving the way state officials do their jobs, such as overseeing elections.

In an order, US District Court Judge Mark Wolf said Ayyadurai's demand for $1.2 billion from Galvin failed to show any legal citations for why he deserves the money, but said he doubted he could, since "the Eleventh Amendment bars the award of such relief in a case brought in federal court against a state official sued in his official capacity."

Wolf also initially rejected Ayyadurai's demand for a temporary injunction that would force Galvin to not use his alleged influence over Twitter to block the candidate from tweeting between now and Nov. 3, when Ayyadurai hopes to emerge victorious in a write-in campaign after losing in the Republican primary last month.

Wolf said he's willing to consider the request, but only after Ayyadurai's lawyer takes several required steps, which he failed to do yesterday, including providing proof he has served Galvin with a copy of the demand and that he has made a "good faith effort" to confer with Galvin's attorneys to try to resolve the problem or at least narrow the court's focus - and that he provide legal citations to show a court could even do what he requests.