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<p><font face="monospace">I decided to fact-check my claim that
we're litigious. Luckily, I found <a
href="https://hls.harvard.edu/bibliography/are-americans-more-litigious-some-quantitative-evidence/">an
article</a> that disagrees with me. They argue that our "first
order law" is on par with other wealthy democracies (and do
discuss some other systems as well). But the conclusions of the
article also relate to the idea that Trump knows how to play our
judicial system. They claim the "second order law", e.g. class
actions, is where we are distinguishable. A fun passage is:</font></p>
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<p><font face="monospace">'As the pre-eminent class-action lawyer
William Lerach once infamously<br>
bragged (now, for his litigation tactics, a convicted felon):
"I have the best practice in the<br>
world. I have no clients."'</font></p>
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<p><font face="monospace">I'm too ignorant to make an argument that
election-related court cases and such are "second order". But
the recent shenanigans with judges Cannon and Kacsmaryk feel
like that to me.<br>
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<caption><font face="monospace">Sheet1</font></caption>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Australia</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Canada</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">France</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Japan</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">UK or England</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">USA</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Suits filed/100k ppl</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1542</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1450</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">2416</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1768</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">3681</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">5806</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Judges/100k ppl</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">4</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">3.3</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">12.47</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">2.83</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">2.22</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">10.81</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Lawyers/100k ppl</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">357</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">26</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">72</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">23</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">251</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">391</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Motor Insurance (%GDP)</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">0.81</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1.35</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">0.93</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">0.72</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">0.93</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1.45</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Motor Insurance (US$/car)</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">664</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1574</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">786</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">754</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">927</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">1464</font></td>
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<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="left"><font
face="monospace">Cost of Contract action (% of value)</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">20.7</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">22.3</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">17.4</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">22.7</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">23.4</font></td>
<td style=" font-size:10pt;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font
face="monospace">14.4</font></td>
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