Legal expert urges courts to stomp all over Stephen Miller's 'lawsuit machine'

According to legal scholar Benjamin Edwards, a recent lawsuit filed by America First Legal, headed by former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller, is cause for the courts to come down hard and sanction the right-wing advocacy group for bringing frivolous lawsuits that he called fraudulent.

Noting that Miller's group has filed a security fraud lawsuit against retail giant Target, Edwards wrote for the Daily Beast that the lawsuit has no chance of succeeding and is a waste of the court's time — and that sanctions against America First Legal are called for.

Edwards, the current chair of the Securities Regulation Section for the Association of American Law Schools, wrote that not only should judges issue sanctions, but that the appropriate state bars should investigate the group.


Noting that the Target lawsuit is based on a Miller grievance that the retail chain "sold LGBTQ merchandise and ran a Pride campaign" and thereby defrauded investors, the legal expert labeled the lawsuit fraudulent in its assertions.