the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
Frivolous lawsuits impose a $1,300 per person tort tax, worsen families affordability problems, and diminish economic growth. It is past time for effective tort reform.
Will help the rule of law. maybe they can apply for jobs at doj. tim miller, when you look at how january 6th became a fringe production, it is for the reason andrew wiseman is articulating, it s because rudy took his junk lawsuits to state courts and lost every one, i think it s 60 cases he lost, one case was won. the reality, though, is that all the people i think i ve interviewed at least three quarters of the people that are sued in this frivolous lawsuit, which is no doubt some kernel of an idea he saw on right-wing media and decided to hairs these people even further. they have paid with their reputations, they have paid in all sorts of manner of ways, but they have also had to hire lawyers. i mean, these are not asinine lawsuits that a judge mocks and so we lead with it that don t have real consequences for real human beings and i m not sure we ve seen a tipping point of that ship being righted yet,
Non-partisan basis for lawyers to police themselves better and not help lying junk lawsuits that are adjacent to coup efforts? correct. that s exactly what i m saying. is that it is time for the legal profession to adopt as a canon that you have to be pro democracy. it doesn t mean you have to have my version of democracy. it doesn t mean you can t be on the other side of litigation. you about the kind of junk litigation we saw in 2020 that was aimed at nothing but subverting election results really the legal profession needs to speak out more loudly. i think i singled that out only because we talked about a few things but that s a very important point. it s one i discussed with some lawyers out there. and i think there has to be of course a robust space for zealous advocacy, which means what even in supreme court litigation is sometimes called off the wall arguments for why your republican candidate should win. yes. but john eastman coup memos about why you could conjoin with vi