[rom]

That previous poster would be me :)

There is surely a difference in protecting a special interest in terms of a business, or class of businesses — and telling the Feds to keep their business out of the social arena?

How can you protect one single class of businesses? That seems un-American to me. Why don’t the auto manufacturers get this protection every time some loon sues Porsche or GM when their 911 or Corvette goes off the cliff at 150mph?

There’s a deeper issue of tort reform. If you start treating certain classes of business and industry different from others, you are no better than the socialists.

[mnehring]

I actually agree with this in both cases, which is why the argument that it isn’t the federal government’s role to govern legislative issues is perplexing to me. There are many sections of the Constitution giving the federal government the responsibility to ensure equal and fair application of the law. We have to remember, the argument defending Paul’s vote against reducing gun waiting crimes are the apologists opinions of why. It is a rorschach test, they see their own view, not necessarily those of Paul.