If this bill doesn't put paid to the trial lawyers, we can always go for another bill a little further down the line. Take away a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon it adds up to real money.
There ought to be some sort of disclosure of conflict of interest by the Times. The writer mentions, at the very bottom of the article, that this sleazebag gave $100,000 in campaign donations in the last election, all to Democrats. Trial lawyers are the largest single donor group to Democrats nationwide. For that reason, Pinch Sulzberger and the NY Times would be devastated if these folks lost any of their income, because it would cut into Democrat campaign contributions. For that reason, too, they do not consider that these ultra-rich lawyers belong to the group commonly denominated as capitalist pigs.
God's speed on this one, Mr. President. This country is in MAJOR NEED OF JUDICIAL REFORM, INCLUDING TORT REFORM that has put a stranglhold on this country. In doing this, causing judicial reform, you put a choke-chain ON THE LEFT'S MAIN TOOL FOR PUSHING THEIR PERVERTED AGENDA... the judicial system.