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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Op is on to something. Former federal law clerk here. And in writing legally defensible decisions, it takes ten times a long and is ten times as frustrating to respond to an argument raised by a pro se plaintiff or terrible lawyer who has no understanding of the issues as a decent legal argument. And it's not just having to write boilerplate. It's that you can't just write, "no, because that's stupid and not the real issue" and more on. You have to explain why it's stupid.  Which can be like trying to prove a negative.  And some argument really are so dumb that there is no law on point.  Because the fact it is dumb is self evident. [/quote]

EXACTLY.  And if you had, say, thousands of "cases" you need to respond to, and the ability to "dismiss" certain ones for any reason, wouldn't you dismiss the ones that will take extra time and work?

So when you dispute a ticket, you have to make the adjudicator work.  Not necessarily by writing something stupid, but by creating a situation where he/she has to do work, like typing, or looking up the law in detail and writing a unique response.  I only wish there was a way to test this out. [/quote]

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