Use for questions about abuse of the legal system with frivolous, unfounded, obstructive, and/or bizarre arguments, pleadings, or motions. This includes (but is not limited to) so-called "Sovereign Citizen" arguments such as fringes on flags defining a court's jurisdiction or that a person's name written in all capital letters is not that person's name, or the infamous "Motion to Kiss My Ass" (Washington v. Alaimo, 934 F. Supp. 1395 (S.D. Ga. 1996)).
Questions tagged [frivolous-arguments]
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Can someone's legal name be all lowercase?
Can a person's legal name be all lowercase or all capital letters or some strange mix, or are there restrictions about it? Or maybe capitalization is not even part of the name, it is just a part of grammar for proper nouns, with…
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As a US citizen, what law requires me to pay income tax?
I've found content (especially from Irwin Schiff) that says there's no law requiring US citizens to pay income tax. Other sources claim that income tax is mandatory.
If there really is no law requiring me to pay, I'd like to know (for obvious…
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If Trump's legal challenges to the 2020 elections are so bad, why haven't the courts ruled them as frivolous?
(Not sure if this should be on the Law.SE)
Per title. Most of the news coverage I've seen have said the challenges are bad, such as this recent one on the result of a challenge in Pennsylvania.
"One might expect that when seeking such a startling…
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Is there any way to penalize fundraising that is based in part on frivolous lawsuits?
In a purely hypothetical question...let's set the hypothetical in Arizona in the United States as a default jurisdiction for the question, although other U.S. jurisdictions would be useful and of course around the world would be interesting.
Let's…
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Can a lawsuit naming multiple defendants be partially dismissed?
If John Doe commits some tort against Mary Jones, and Bob Smith is uninvolved, but Mary sues both John and Bob (Jones v. Doe and Smith when the suit should just be Jones v. Doe), what happens? She has a legal reason to sue John, but her suing Bob is…
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Can we quote academics in our court applications and law suits to support our arguments?
I was thinking of quoting Langdell and Williston in my response to a suit.
Is it possible to do as such?
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Why was Gwyneth Paltrow‘s $1 not either adjusted upward or deemed frivolous?
Gwyneth Paltrow was subject to a merit less claim for however much, and she defended it while bringing a symbolic counter claim for $1, which I understood that she won on that order.
This brings up a whole bunch of questions about the principles on…
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Frivolous / Nuisance Suit
What rules and legal mechanism deter frivolous or nuisance suits? Assume Florida venue.
A neighbor is threatening to sue the developer for soil erosion. The neighbor has been an owner for 3 years, however,
the property is 15 years old and the…
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What are some remedies for a poor person if a petty rich guy buries him with frivolous lawsuits?
A poor, jobless person made a careless remark about a rich and petty person. The rich person gets to know about it and sues the poor person for defamation.
Does the poor person need to hire a lawyer to defend himself against the lawsuit? Lawyers…
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consumer demand for arbitration with AAA: what are the first steps when fee paid by business?
Quick summary
How does a consumer file a demand for arbitration to AAA, when the fee is covered by the business?
Context
Some terms of use for business services impose to the consumer the use of arbitration instead of courts, yet the business pays…
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What laws prove tax protesters are wrong?
Tax protesters are frequently penalized for raising the "frivolous" argument that the individual income tax is not mandatory but voluntary.
Can anyone provide the specific provision of the tax codethat states that the income tax on individuals (not…
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Legal to "drive" without a license
Simeone v. Lindsay, 65 Atl. 778, 779; Hannigan v. Wright, 63 Atl. 234, 236:
The RIGHT of the citizen to DRIVE on the public street with freedom from police interference, unless he is engaged in suspicious conduct associated in some manner with…
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Is a vehicle solely for personal use required to be licensed?
Please explain
"The term “motor vehicle” means every description of carriage or other
contrivance propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used for
commercial purposes on the highways in the transportation of
passengers, passengers and…
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