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DU Legal Eagles: Is it even remotely possible for the DOJ to be declared a "Vexatious Litigant" ? (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sunday OP
The DoJ is an abstraction. Effective laws act on individuals struggle4progress Sunday #1
Vexatious litigants are typically individuals or corporations that have an established pattern Ocelot II Sunday #2
The DOJ cannot be declared to be a vexatious litigant but it is long past time for trump individually to be declared LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #3
How about his AG ? nt eppur_se_muova Sunday #4
I will be surprised if Blanche still has a law license in five years. Ocelot II Sunday #5
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #6
Blanche should be or will be disbarred LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #7

Ocelot II

(131,062 posts)
2. Vexatious litigants are typically individuals or corporations that have an established pattern
Sun May 3, 2026, 12:48 PM
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of filing lawsuits. Some of the cases filed by DoJ would certainly fit the description: "The party’s history of litigation, in particular whether he has filed vexatious, harassing, or duplicative lawsuits; (2) whether the party had a good faith basis for pursuing the litigation, or simply intended to harass; (3) the extent of the burden on the courts and other parties resulting from the party’s filings; and (4) the adequacy of alternative sanctions." The problem is that the DoJ is a large federal agency, not a person or a business entity. The vexatious litigant situation would have to be handled more narrowly by focusing on the particular US Attorneys' offices that are filing the lawsuits, since they are as subject to the same sanctions as any other litigant or attorney, e.g., Federal Rule 11 penalties and attorney discipline. The liability of the agency itself is problematic because of certain governmental immunity principles. But someday the lawyers who are working for DoJ and doing Trump's and Blanche's bidding will have to find other jobs, and once they are on their own they will be facing civil and possibly civil consequences.

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,375 posts)
3. The DOJ cannot be declared to be a vexatious litigant but it is long past time for trump individually to be declared
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:17 PM
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Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

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