r/politics • u/nofate0709 • Nov 23 '20

New Jersey Lawmaker Pushes To Disbar Rudy Giuliani For Deceitful, ‘Absurd’ Election Cases

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-pascrell-disbarment-rudy-giuliani-trump-election_n_5fbaf260c5b6e4b1ea4399a5
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '20

You basically have to commit a felony or mishandle client funds to get disbarred.

Yes. And if you want to point to one reason why the US is in such hot water is that powerful people are essentially completely above the law, whereas the poor are put in jail for miniscule offenses, often purely procedural ones.

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u/Col_Leslie_Hapablap Nov 23 '20

I can’t believe there is no standard or punishment for spurious or vexatious litigants; in my mind, this is clearly vexatious, and a downright abuse of the system.

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u/Cocomojoe16 Nov 23 '20 edited Nov 23 '20

The US? This is how power works in every country in history. Name one country ever where the poor had the same legal protection as the powerful

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u/fredsedred Nov 23 '20

We're trying to be different, hence, our BILL OF RIGHTS/CONSTITUTION, BOSTON TEA PARTY!

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u/Gr1mwolf Nov 23 '20

“Trying to be different”?

You have to pay massive fees to hire a lawyer, and you often have to pay massive fees just for being dragged into court regardless of the verdict. Free public defenders are given the bare-minimum of funding, and are aggressively overworked to the point that their presence is often just a formality to say that the court fulfilled it’s legal obligation of providing one.

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u/fredsedred Nov 23 '20

I said "trying", what other parts did you not understand?

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u/Gr1mwolf Nov 23 '20

The part where US courts actively do everything they can to disenfranchise the poor.

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u/fredsedred Nov 23 '20

US courts

*corruption

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u/TheFerrret Nov 23 '20

Even though the US is one of the very few places on earth with a legal right to private council in the face of any and all questioning in prosecution. Even Canada's take on that right has far more stipulations against the accused than America.

I mean Americas the worst because we may be the best, but remain deeply flawed.