• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    It’s more about the barring and the official censure. A couple grand doesn’t mean much A judicial beatdown is professionally damaging.

    And since it’s federal court, being barred from that courtroom is a real blow. It’s not like they can just focus on the next city or county over.

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      27 days ago

      Couldn’t they just go to other courtrooms in that courthouse? There’s going to be a few to a few dozen

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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        27 days ago

        If the other room is not federal maybe? They mean being barred from the federal courtroom the lawyers can’t practice law in federal court.