REPUBLICANS 1, LAWYERS 0 (Hillary voted no)

NY POST ^ | February 19, 2005 | EDITORIAL

[Liz]

He quit. Remember?

[Bigh4u2]

LOL!

Now I gotta cleanup my keyboard!!!!

[sayfer bullets]

Edwards already 'got' his.

Ahhh yes...the Mark Cuban of Ambulance Chasers.

[kabar]

That's why I referred to him as the third senator from North Carolina.

[Liz]

Wal-Mart and other class-actioned retailers pass on "hidden costs" to consumers in the form of hiring fewer store personnel, delaying infrastructure spending, reducing stock, using in-store independent vendors, changing sales policies, and so on.

[Liz]

I get it, I get it.

[Liz]

Every professional FReeper has a spare keyboard stored nearby in case of unexpected coffee spews.

That's the only condition on which I post my little gems.

[Indy Pendance]

Check this out.

Feingold sizes up presidential race. Senator would consider running only under right circumstances

[Liz]

(Yawn) So? They ALL want to be president. So what? (snore).

[kabar]

I remember, I remember.

[wolfpat]

I would think the appropriate remedy would then be to require that suits take place in the state where the alleged malfeasance occurred, rather than to federalize them.
I think part of this law does that, but I could be wrong.

[sweetliberty]

This IS good news. It doesn't go far enough, but it is certainly a start.

[AnOldCowhand]

...Chuck Schumer, not only voted for the bill, but co-sponsored it.

With one notable exception, it looks like the usual left-of-the-left suspects.

Even our beloved Diane Feinstein voted with the majority...I'm finding that she is not the complete embarrassment that Babs Boxer is to us Californians.

[ItsForTheChildren]

John Edwards' new business partner...

[pointsal]

Doesn't Johnny-boy get a life-time check for just one tour in the Senate?

[satchmodog9]

Ick.

[Liz]

He gets something the taxpayers are subsidizing, alright.

[AnOldCowhand]

Ever notice that when the left talks about obscene or excessive profits, the subject of lawyers never comes up?

[TomB]

I would think the appropriate remedy would then be to require that sutis take place in the state where the alleged malfeasance occurred, rather than to federalize them

It's always best to READ the article. ;-)

Now lawyers can only take a class-action suit to a state court if the main defendant and more than a third of the plaintiffs are from that same state. If not, they must go to the federal courts.

The problem with these lawsuit is that they represent people from many states, and that allowed attorneys to go "venue shopping" to find a gullible jury. This involves more than one state, so the 10th Amendment doesn't apply.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hey! You left out one of MY illustrious Leftist Leaders:

Feingold (D-WI), Nay