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mdbl

(5,499 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 06:29 PM Oct 14

Let's throw their own stupidity back at them!

Every race that may be won by a repuglican should be contested. File lawsuit after lawsuit against every one of them claiming fraud and treason - because that is what they plan to do.

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rsdsharp

(10,269 posts)
2. Two things: 1. Who's going to pay for this? 2. Who are you going to get to file the suits?
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:04 PM
Oct 14

(b) Representations to the Court. By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper—whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it—an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:

(1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;

(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;

(3) the factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and

(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b).

This rule applies in the Federal Courts, but every state has a rule which is similar, if not identical. Good attorneys don’t engage in this kind of litigation. Those who do are subject to sanctions set out in section (c), against the party who filed the suit, the attorney and/or the law firm.

That’s in addition to sanctions which might be imposed by the state(s) where the attorney is licensed. Ask Rudy about that.

mdbl

(5,499 posts)
3. so was the only attorney in all 64 lawsuits brought by Dump from Rudy?
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:24 PM
Oct 14

No other lawyers? If there were are they all disbarred or sanctioned?

rsdsharp

(10,269 posts)
4. Many were sanctioned. Even if they weren't, what you are urging is UNETHICAL!
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:32 PM
Oct 14

An honest attorney would not touch this. An honest person would not put themselves in the position of being a named plaintiff, and thereby subject to sanctions.

So I renew my questions. Who is going to pay for these hundreds if not thousands of law suits? You? And where are you going to find dishonest attorneys to file them?

mdbl

(5,499 posts)
5. And Donald Dump in office will use ethics?
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:40 PM
Oct 14

It will be too late by then to worry about ethics.

rsdsharp

(10,269 posts)
8. I'm just following Maya Angelou's advice to believe someone when they tell you who they are.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:29 PM
Oct 14

You did. I do.

rsdsharp

(10,269 posts)
13. No, you told me. You urged something impractical and unethical.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:17 PM
Oct 15

When presented with the rule, and the citation so that you could look it up yourself, you continued to urge impractical (again, who pays for this, and where are you going to find the legion of unethical attorneys?) and unethical behavior.

I know who you are. You’ve told me.

Enjoy ignore.

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