Bar association past presidents denounce frivolous election lawsuits
thehill.com

Summary

Over 100 former presidents of the American Bar Association and other bar associations have issued an open letter condemning recent election lawsuits in swing states, calling them “unsubstantiated” and harmful to democracy.

The letter emphasizes that lawyers are duty-bound to present solid, fact-based cases and warns that baseless lawsuits erode public trust and misuse judicial resources.

The attorneys referenced disbarred lawyers like Rudy Giuliani as cautionary examples and urged legal professionals to uphold ethical standards. This initiative was led by the American Bar Association’s American Democracy Task Force.

    • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      9 days ago

      Agreed. Won’t happen anytime soon, but agreed.

      Seriously it took a criminally long time for Rudy to see this particular, well deserved, consequence to his actions. I think he’s still licensed to practice somewhere, though.

      • bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
        11·
        9 days ago

        Seriously it took a criminally long time for Rudy to see this particular, well deserved, consequence to his actions.

        Did it though? His actions followed the 2020 election, so they occurred at various times in 2021. Bar discipline isn’t occurring while the original cases are pending. Then there is a complaint filed, which has to be investigated, and if they find corroboration, then there needs to be an administrative hearing, akin to a trial.

        Please understand that this is a person’s livelihood and needs to be carefully considered. He was disbarred in the summer of 2024 in NY. I’ve had cases, not bar discipline, that take over 5 years to get to trial.

        To be clear, I’m absolutely in favor of disbarring shitty attorneys who don’t live up to their ethics obligations.

        • RustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          Also, he was suspended in July 2021, so the consequences were pretty quick, and only the final nail in the coffin was delayed.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    9 days ago

    baseless lawsuits erode public trust

    Haha that was a good one. As if lawyers had any reputation to lose…

    Here’s an old joke:

    You’re in a cage with a wild angry gorilla and a lawyer and you have a revolver with 6 bullets: what do you do?
    Shoot the lawyer 6 times and try to reason with the gorilla.