tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post8742143939013278767..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Not the OnionClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-85058928265326018622017-01-11T21:18:56.556-07:002017-01-11T21:18:56.556-07:00Varies by state, but lawyers generally have some s...Varies by state, but lawyers generally have some sort of protection in the terms of lighter contempt sentencing while acting as advocates. It covers compliance with orders and courtroom decorum...but you don't get held in contempt for making a bad argument. If the lawyer had lied, that'd be a disciplinary offense. Can cost one their license. But he didn't lie, he spoke nonsense - morally bankrupt, evil please-God-smite-this-bastard nonsense. Deliberately advancing bogus arguments, that's a Rule 11 sanction - but that requires paying the other side's attorney's fees, not jail time.<br /><br />Which is utterly inadequate, here, but that's what it is.<br /><br />That there were officially hired state lawyers making this argument? Argue policy and hit the municipality.B Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816788270198820684noreply@blogger.com