Posted on 02/07/2011 6:00:33 AM PST by A Strict Constructionist
As someone who teaches at a law school, and sees his students go out into the world, I am predisposed to like law. When I practiced law at a big firm here in Washington, D.C., I enjoyed it and I felt like we helped our clients with their problems, more often than not.
But a lot of people out there don't like lawyers, and think that the legal profession is harming the country. And I'm beginning to think that they might have a point.
The New York Times recently reported on the problems of an American entrepreneur in Greece. Though Greek political leaders desperately want new businesses to start up there - to help Greece's imploding economy and dreadful balance of trade - the barriers in terms of regulation and legal confusion are very high. The Times reports:
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/02/sunday-reflection-does-america-have-lawyer-problem-or-law-problem#ixzz1DHUjnBl2
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“Does America have a lawyer problem, or a law problem?”
Both. Our laws were written by lawyers for lawyers.
justice is no longer blind
It has a liberal judge problem that fuels the lawyer problem.
That’s why tort reform won’t help.
We have to find a way of getting rid of bad judges.
"Attorney General Holder's Advisers Have Conflicts on Detainee Cases"
"Eric Holder's Law Firm Has a history of representing Terrorists"
"Corruptocrat AG Eric Holder's conflicted DOJ"
"Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition"
The Law is a political invention. Our society has too much politics. Too much government. Too much legislation. A truly limited government, overseeing only those areas mandated by the Constitution, would be much less capable of making life difficult through the legal profession.
The laws are written by lawyers to line their pockets. The main problem with health care is the lawyer jackpot laws.
Our main problem is we have LAWYERS creating laws.
Lawyers as officers of the court are a part of the judiciary and should be barred from holding legislative office. It creates a conflict of interest and weakens the separation of powers concept.
Their only part in the legislative process should be as consultants to DESIGN laws to meet the wishes of legislators.
Think about it. If Automobile Mechanics could design cars, what would they make? Vehicles which are safe, quick to maintain and long lasting without a need for major servicing?
Hardly. They would make cars which generate more business for themselves and that is exactly what legislating attorneys do.
Aside from that there are too damn many of them. I think its probably more profitable for a college to turn out attorneys than to turn out doctors, dentists, engineers and scientists - people who make life BETTER. Laboratories and equipment create a high overhead. All you need to turn out attorneys are law professors and libraries.
Tacitus
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Too many lawyers.
Not enough respect for the rule of law.
Not enough respect for law and order.
Too many plea bargains.
Bring back the death penalty and start executing criminals again.
Reduce the number of appeals.
Too many criminals given slap on the wrist sentences.
Too many criminals handled with kid gloves.
Too many criminals given light sentences.
Too many liberal judges. Too many of them are way too lenient especially on child cases of pedophilia, child kidnapping, rape and murder.
I’m a lawyer. You’re 10 for 10.
Colonel, USAFR
Keeping them OUT of government would be a great first step in correcting the problem. They get into congress and start passing laws that require the use of their services to comply. Never vote for a lawyer!
We can always use more burglars and armed robbers.
A picture of ‘Greed’ will have a picture of a banker, a Wall Street speculator, and of course, a lawyer. =.=
Most all of the lawyers I know have one mantra, they don’t care about serving justice they care about gaming law. In fact, they start gettting very self-important indeed when you address the issue of justice with them, immediately treating you as niave for not understanding that we are all slaves to the law and that in being so, justice will be done more often than not on average.
I find their entire premise to be an assault on liberty, as it rejects that notion that the law itself should only exist to serve justice, and that laws that do not do so are an attack on man, not a benefit.
Further, an law that requires that a group of lawyers vote on it to determine its meaning is worthless by definition.
Reminds me of the Three Stooges law firm of Dewey Cheatum and Howe./sarc
Weren’t some of the Founders lawyers? John Adams, Jefferson, and others?
James Madison once said that when any one “same hands” (by which he meant similar interest) group get’s control of ALL the leavers of government that would be the very definition of tyranny! I think he was all to right and when I look around me today I see that it has come to pass in THIS country!
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