[Uncle Fud]

Time to don the Kevlar and Nomex this morning and ask the question that no one else has asked.

"What are the Constitutional grounds for the Federal government to get involved in this issue, particularly in light of the Tenth Amendment?"

Mind you I hope there are some really substantive ones, because I think that reining in the trial bar is a wonderful idea.

But unfortunately conservatives fall prey as often as liberals to the delusion that every wonderful idea is best brought to fruition in the legislature.

[wolfpat]

I think the reason the federal government had to get involved is that these legal worms were taking lawsuits out of the states where the plaintiff(s) lived to find courts that might be agreeable to their contentions.

[wolfpat]

One more thing.....
Is it really a treat to beat your feet in the Mississippi mud?

[CIB-173RDABN]

"What are the Constitutional grounds for the Federal government to get involved in this issue, particularly in light of the Tenth Amendment?"

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Fair enough question, but if I remember my Civic lesson from high school Mullberry was decided by the Supreme Court that when trades crossed state lines, it became an interest to the Federal Goverment.

If a class action suit involves parties across state lines then the Federal Goverment has some interest.

...but as I am not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, I may be wrong.