It just occurred to me as the gentleman asked what is the sweat if it is just redundant. We cannot make the rules for Federal court procedure in the United States redundant when we are now going outside of the Rules Enabling Act which has a process set up for making rules. The gentleman rushes to the floor with an idea that the DSG report got wrong, we are trying to help straighten it out, we point out to him that there is adequate coverage of this, but think of the problem with frivolous lawsuits. Frequently they are not discovered in the first weeks or months of the suit. It sometimes is determined in the course of the case as witnesses and evidence are produced that this is not a well-founded lawsuit. So having this motion intervene before summary judgment within 90 days is yet another reason for us to, as unexcitedly as we can, point out we do not need this amendment.
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Discussing the need for amendments to Federal court procedure during a debate.
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