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Does America have a lawyer problem, or a law problem?
The Washington Examiner ^ | 02-04-2011 | Glenn Harlan Reynolds

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

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To: A Strict Constructionist
Daily justice is raped by lawyers who "defend the law" and use every loophole they can to get criminals off the hook.
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

The worst of it is the amount of laws on the books that are meant to cover one or two persons or corporations.
Money changes hands to help a few and the rest of us suffer. But that is never taken into account until another lobbiest comes in
and "helps" another "representative" who then makes another law.

In our country there are litterally hundreds of thousands of laws now.

Far too many. yet convicted criminals who should never see the light of day are walking the streets after they served their time.
Can someone tell me .. how can a child molester, rapist or murderer have served enough time to be released?



41 posted on 02/07/2011 10:25:26 AM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Roninf5-1

Non-productive parasites.

I agree.


42 posted on 02/07/2011 11:50:35 AM PST by ZULU (No nation which ever attempted to tolerate Islam, escaped total Islamization.)
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To: Beelzebubba

“What law can’t you understand?”

According to most lawyers, all of them. We non members of the bar should not be allowed to interpret anything from the viewpoint of lawyers. From my viewpoint I understand what they say but often disagree with the judges interpretation. The interpretation is usually to the advantage of the lawyers. Ever been involved in a class action suit? Legalized robbery.


43 posted on 02/07/2011 2:49:39 PM PST by A Strict Constructionist (Oligarchy...never vote for the Ivy League candidate.)
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To: Beelzebubba

“I know there are laws we don’t like (such as the tax code) but eliminating lawyers wouldn’t eliminate taxes.”

I forgot to mention in the previous post that this isn’t remotely related to the original post, except possibley for the point that many legislators are lawyers. In that case eliminating lawyers would probably help the tax code which is written to obscure not make clear.


44 posted on 02/07/2011 2:52:38 PM PST by A Strict Constructionist (Oligarchy...never vote for the Ivy League candidate.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
The Law is a political invention. Our society has too much politics. Too much government. Too much legislation.

Once a seed is sown and watered the plant will grow. It needs an occasional pruning. We haven't pruned and the plant is taking over the yard.

45 posted on 02/07/2011 8:18:22 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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