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I never thought I would see that.

There's also the matter of "Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 11" (www.law.cornell.edu), which could be a real career killer.

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.


Violating Rule 11 may lead to sanctions, which can then trigger disbarment proceedings at the state level. A potential career demise. That's one reason why the regime has difficulty getting people to sign the required paperwork on its retributive persecutions.

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