Lawyers are necessary, but when they run amuck they become a scourge on the body politic. When I read stories like this I say to myself: Thank God George Bush is President.
(And I'm an agnostic.)
Blaming the lawyers distracts from the real problem: legislators. Every lawyer attracting ire is only bringing into effect some dumb-ass law passed by legislators. If all the American anger focused on lawyers were refocused on Congress, maybe we'd get reform instead of useless whining.