John Beaudoin Sr.
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
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And in 1986, they became the most cited cases in the history of the United States.
And what they're used for is,
If the judge doesn't want the case to go to a trial, doesn't want the case to go to jury, he can say, well, I'm sorry, the lawyers submit a motion for summary judgment.
And it goes either way.
And the judge can say, well, there's not enough facts here to even hear the case, so you're out.
So it's basically a subjective assessment of the judge where the facts are supposed to be found by the jury, not the judge.
And the judges usurped the power of the jury, the power of the people over a case or controversy, took that away from the people in 1986.
And the practice of law shifted from mostly substantive arguments where you're getting ready for trial, you're going through discovery.
It shifted to let's just get it out of here.
It's summary judgment.
Now, you know, in an economic system, the only way to make the system more efficient is to dismiss it earlier in the process.
So the Bell Atlantic versus Twombly that's highlighted there and Ashcroft versus Iqbal, they absolutely blew away everything, everything, even those summary judgment cases I just told you about.
So they backed up the process.
And if you go to the other graph, Caleb, I can now show you what happened in 2020 because Dr. Drew just mentioned that what happened in 2020.
Can you scroll down, sweet?
There we go.
So this is a 30-year span.
It starts in 1995.
And if you look for a quarter century leading up to 2020,
you see a variation that's not very wide.
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