"If it is then you have no basis for claiming the 4% of successful cases lack merit."

I made no such claim!

Quote Originally Posted by SadisticNature View Post
Either merit is determined by the legal system or it isn't. If it isn't, then claiming the 90% of cases that were dismissed have no merit is wrong (some might involve missed filing deadlines or off on a technicality decision). If it is then you have no basis for claiming the 4% of successful cases lack merit.

You have basically taken a list of possible reasons, provided no evidence for one or the other being true, picked the one you liked and assumed it was true.