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Ethics in Government--I: Can lawyers in the Senate vote on medical malpractice reform?
Wall St Journal ^ | 4-14-04

Posted on 04/14/2004 5:31:01 AM PDT by SJackson

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been trying to pass modest medical malpractice reform that would weed out frivolous lawsuits and rein in soaring insurance costs. He hasn't yet been able to overcome a Democratic filibuster, but he's determined to keep at it. That resolve apparently has the plaintiffs bar and its allies stooping to new tactics.


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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: frist; tortreform

1 posted on 04/14/2004 5:31:02 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson
Ethics in Government -- II: A Kennedy staffer's ethical dilemma.
2 posted on 04/14/2004 5:31:56 AM PDT by SJackson (America...thru dissent and protest lost the ability to mobilize a will to win, Col Bui Tin, PAVN)
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To: SJackson
Can they - yes, legally.

Should they - not if they have a shred of morality. This is so obviously a conflict of interest.

Then again, when has a conflict of interest EVER played into politician decisions?
3 posted on 04/14/2004 5:38:26 AM PDT by TheBattman (Leadership = http://www.georgewbush.com/)
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To: SJackson
Lawyers have ethics? Hmmmm!
4 posted on 04/14/2004 5:41:49 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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To: Piquaboy; Poohbah; rdb3; veronica
Lawyers with ethics... isn't that an endangered species?
5 posted on 04/14/2004 6:24:34 AM PDT by hchutch (Tommy Thompson's ephedra ban STINKS.)
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To: hchutch
We had better notify Greenpeace.
6 posted on 04/14/2004 6:29:38 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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