Yup.
It amazes me that ppl are generally ignorant of the fact in that while we have fairly accessible civil courts, there is just a small, infinitesimal, amount of frivolous lawsuits and those that are filed are generally quickly tossed (though perhaps not without some hoopla) and/or counsel sanctioned.
You can file a Complaint. I can likewise file a Motion to Dismiss.
Yeah, well, there are laws on the books but judges RARELY apply them. One prominent North Texas Federal judge at a seminar last year flat out said, Do not file sanctions motions they will not be granted. And that's the attitude of most judges.
Steel has a case right now where a nut job has sued not only Steel's client, but every judge in Dallas county, federal and state, all Texas supreme court justices and the governor of Texas. And this is a guy who has already been adjudicated a "vexatious litigant" in Texas state civil courts and all four federal Texas districts, plus the southern district of Georgia--and those orders have so much teeth in them that he STILL manages to file cases about every 2-4 weeks, and courts do very little to stem the tide. He has also sued Trump and Milania, Biden and his wife in courts in 2 separate states, etc.