They're hoping to drag it out so Fischer can finish his term. The lawsuits will take years to work their way through the courts. If they were to admit that Fischer ordered stand-down after stand-down, they lied to the public about it, many people got hurt and many businesses destroyed, then it would be enough to convince the last few holdouts to remove Fischer from office. The top problem they face is that removing Fischer be pointless without removing Hess, Schroeder, Chavous and all the others