Holding Trump's lawyers accountable, posted 8 March 2022

A new organization was recently formed, the 65Project, named for the number of frivolous lawsuits filed seeking to contest the results of the 2020 election. Its mission is to find all the lawyers who violated their professional responsibilities regarding election lawsuits or filings and ensure they face discipline, including possible disbarment, see https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/trump-lawyers-election-misconduct-initiative-to-discipline/

Lawyers have a responsibility to advocate zealously on behalf of their clients, but must also  "inform themselves about the facts of their clients’ cases and the applicable law and determine that they can make good-faith arguments in support of their clients’ positions. . . The action is frivolous, however, if the lawyer is unable either to make a good-faith argument on the merits of the action taken or to support the action taken by a good-faith argument for an extension, modification, or reversal of existing law." (Rule 3.1, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Michigan, retrieved 7 March 2022). "Good faith" means one must attempt to determine if something is true - we cannot rely solely on our client's belief, particularly if it contradicts other information. In this way, we are like accountants doing an audit - we have to make reasonable inquiries to determine if information is true.