those that claim the judge should be fired, blah, blah.
I know nothing about civil procedure when it comes to Louisiana. However, in California once someone files a civil lawsuit the defense can immediately file whats call a "demurrer". Essentially what that does is say to the court "so what". IOW assuming the allegations are correct there is no lawsuit and the allegations cannot be amended to make a claim. An example would be if the statute of limitations on a claim was one year and the lawsuit is filed after the one year has expired. It doesn't matter how good the lawsuit is if its filed too late. In other matters the courts are reluctant to throw a case out without allowing the plaintiff to at least make an attempt at proving his case. Simply stated "dispositive" motions-meaning your out and don't come back-are not favored by the courts without some sort of presentation of evidence. Yes-that means bad cases may clog up the court calendar and cost defendants attorney fees and costs. OTOH if judges, w/o hearing any evidence at all willy nilly threw out cases we would have a far worse legal system given a lack of expertise that judges have in so many areas of life. BTW: successful defendants in frivolous lawsuits can always collect from the plaintiff their attorney fees and costs.
Again I'm speaking about California and the Federal courts. Not Louisiana.