Trump's Frivolity

Word came down this week that a federal appeals court has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against President Donald Trump and attorney Alina Habba, concluding they committed “sanctionable conduct” by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey. The three-judge panel which issued the unanimous opinion included a Trump appointee.

What is most significant to me about this ruling is that the appellate court concluded that the district court judge who originally ruled against Trump had properly considered Trump’s “pattern of misusing the courts” when deciding to sanction Trump and Habba. Trump has a long history of abusing the courts, and I'm encouraged to see that the court system is finally holding him to account.

None of the major news networks reported on this, as far as I know, and I had to find out through an article at politico.com. This is an area which the networks need to pay more attention to. People need to be made aware that if you file frivolous lawsuits in this country, you will be punished. We don't require that lawsuit losers pay the winning side's fees and costs, as the Brits do, but we do assess those fees and costs when the losing side has taken a positon which is not based on fact and law, and is not asserted in good faith.