[Tainan]

In fairness the American legal profession ...

With respect you you...you lost me right there.
There can be no "fairness" with respect the "legal profession." There is no "fair" in a courtroom. Its the law as it is being interpreted.
Only what is legal as defined by the U.S. Constitution and the rulings of the Supreme Court.

Being fair with a lawyer is akin to assisted suicide...and much more expensive.

[Man50D]

Being fair with a lawyer is akin to assisted suicide...and much more expensive.

Careful with the blanket statement. My father has been an attorney for 56 years. There isn't a more honest person or fair person.

[Monorprise]

“Only what is legal as defined by the U.S. Constitution and the rulings of the Supreme Court.”

I’m afraid I must abject to the idea that what is legal is at all defined by the rulings of the Supreme court when the same supreme court is defined and limited by the same Constitution.

Do you presume to give them control over their own limits?

[Rockiette]

I suggest you qualify your statement, there are many, many honest and conservative lawyers in America, the one I’m married to graduated with honors from Berkeley then went on scholarship to an Ivy League law school, after turning DOWN Yale’s offer of a full scholarship. He served in Vietnam and is a Bronze Star recipient. He worked on Wall Street (another evil in your mind?) in, at that time, the most prestigious law firm in NYC. He has raised three fine, Republican sons and is a devout Christian. Be careful who you through into the mix by including all lawyers, you would be incorrect and petty.