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Now that the Trump Administration has gifted Capitol attacker Ashli Babbit's estate $5 million, can someone sue her estate? (piefed.social)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-pay-5-million-settle-lawsuit-ashli/story?id=121959389

Maybe:

  • police officers who defended the Capitol
  • Congresspeople, staffers etc hiding for their lives inside
  • anyone who voted in the 2020 presidential election whose vote Babbit was trying to overturn
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

You can sue anyone for anything. Doesn’t mean you’ll win, just that you can try.

While I agree with the general sentiment, just to nitpick, if someone keeps filing frivolous lawsuits as a form of harassment, some jurisdictions can find them guilty of barratry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry_(common_law)

Barratry (/ˈbærətri/ BARR-ə-tree, from Old French barat ("deceit, trickery")) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offense committed by people who are overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation,[1] or who bring repeated or persistent acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment.[2]