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FBaggins

(27,739 posts)
13. Once again... it isn't legislation
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 09:49 PM
Oct 2016

You're falling for the bloviating of the spin doctors at 972 who are trying to spin fairly plain-vanilla procedures as violating separation of powers, "tilting the scales of justice", etc.

MY favorite is that it somehow trumps judicial discretion... even though plaintiffs wouldn't lose a penny, even if they lost the case, unless the judge decides that it was a frivolous lawsuit. Running a close second is that this somehow puts a damper on legitimate suits. Surety bonds are actually very cheap unless the case appears to be frivolous. The attorneys or Palestinian rights groups could easily cover that if they had any confidence in the charges at all. The only cases likely to be shut down are the ones where the plaintiffs know that their charges are bogus and don't care... because their goal is to cost the business money at no risk to themselves.

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