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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
About his "rights" argument.

In many ways we have more rights than before. Things like Miranda rights, and a right to a court appointed attorney, right to a speedy trial.

The biggest "right" we have lost is the ability to conduct our affairs without getting sued, unless we commit some genuine mismanagement.

There is a large tract of privatly held land on a mountainside near my home that is great for hiking. The developer/owner must maintain all kinds of nasty no tresspassing signs in order to afford liability insurance made mandatory by the stupid tort laws.

My contention is that we should have a "right" to not be sued unless we commit a genuine neglegent act. Tort law and the insurance costs it requires is a huge infringement on what should be a "right".

This is the biggest thing we've lost, and the Dems are opposing tort reform, and even the Reps don't talk about it as a "right" that we deserve.

31 posted on 01/08/2003 8:59:45 AM PST by narby
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To: narby
Tort reform was part of the President's paltform while he was running for office. Perhaps, With the new Congress, We can get tort reform put into law.

Yes, we have more rights than before but unfortunately, many of them (like Abortion) aren't enumerated in the Constituion.

36 posted on 01/08/2003 9:07:52 AM PST by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (No time for love, Dr. Jones!)
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