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LBJer
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« on: February 18, 2021, 10:21:19 PM »

One of the most shameful parts of Donald Trump's attempted coup is the total lack of punishment for the lawyers, such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who deliberately spread lies about the 2020 election being fraudulent, thus paving the way for the January 6th insurrection.

Here's an article that explores this issue:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-lawyers-sanction-explain/explainer-can-trumps-lawyers-be-disciplined-for-making-false-claims-idUSKBN2851FW

According to legal experts, the main reason for the lack of action taken against the lawyers is a reluctance by judges and state grievance committees to appear "political."  Under ordinary circumstances, this would be understandable.  But these people were trying to destroy democracy--indeed, to destroy the U.S. as we know it.  To not punish them because you don't want to seem partisan is like not prosecuting someone from Saudi Arabia involved in an al-Qaeda plot against the U.S. because you don't want to seem anti-Arab or anti-Muslim.  Not only does the legal profession make itself complicit by its inaction, but it also sends the message that if lawyers want to act similarly in the future--whether on behalf of Trump himself or anyone else--they might as well do so because nothing will happen to them anyway.



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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2021, 11:11:31 PM »

According to legal experts, the main reason for the lack of action taken against the lawyers is a reluctance by judges and state grievance committees to appear "political."  Under ordinary circumstances, this would be understandable.  But these people were trying to destroy democracy--indeed, to destroy the U.S. as we know it.  To not punish them because you don't want to seem partisan is like not prosecuting someone from Saudi Arabia involved in an al-Qaeda plot against the U.S. because you don't want to seem anti-Arab or anti-Muslim.  Not only does the legal profession make itself complicit by its inaction, but it also sends the message that if lawyers want to act similarly in the future--whether on behalf of Trump himself or anyone else--they might as well do so because nothing will happen to them anyway.

This is just sad. If their judges are too scared to raise the issue sua sponte, then their opposing counsels in these cases need to start moving for sanctions (after providing whatever the requisite safe harbor notice is in any given jurisdiction, of course). The worst the courts could say is no, & hell, they might just say yes, but the civic harm is frankly too grave to do otherwise.
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2021, 05:24:32 PM »
« Edited: February 19, 2021, 05:44:21 PM by Gulf Coastal Elite »

I am generally opposed.

Important reminder for some people in this thread:
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2021, 08:10:48 PM »

To be apolitical would be to treat these lawyers as if they had no political affiliation at all, in which case they’d be disbarred for what they did.
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