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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'd like to see the courts start sanctioning the admin for filing frivolous lawsuits.
Unlikely to happen, of course, but it would be amusing. Especially if Giuliani is involved.
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I'd like to see the courts start sanctioning the admin for filing frivolous lawsuits. (Original Post)
TwilightZone
Nov 2020
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According to 30 yr federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, lawyers are sanctioned if they continue
Thekaspervote
Nov 2020
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While that's often the case, I'm not sure they would do so in this instance.
TwilightZone
Nov 2020
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Thekaspervote
(32,750 posts)1. According to 30 yr federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, lawyers are sanctioned if they continue
With baseless lawsuits
TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)2. While that's often the case, I'm not sure they would do so in this instance.
I guess it depends on how much sillier and baseless they get. They're already scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. They do, with a quick "No, dipchit," or refusal to hear the case.
TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)4. This would be true.
I'm talking about actual sanctions of a financial nature, preferably. Anything to complicate matters, especially if the defense fund is as broke as it appears to be.
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)5. The judges are asking hard questions
TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)6. I wonder if the follow-up question was...
"then why are we here today, wasting everyone's time?"
As I've said elsewhere, the lawsuits are laughably amateurish. I'm not sure why they're causing so much consternation.
Takket
(21,550 posts)7. and then the judge banged their gavel and dismissed the case, right?