Democrats: Dazed and confused

The American Thinker ^ | Feb. 18, 2005 | Thomas Lifson

[Kitten Festival]

I find myself stunned by the magnitude of the quick victory President Bush has won on tort reform, with the new bill, now awaiting his signature federalizing most class action lawsuits. No longer will judges and juries in obscure rural counties of Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama be able to award hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars to nebulous classes of supposedly injured consumers or shareholders, at the expense of productive corporations, on the thinnest of evidence. Instead , the federal judiciary, which used to be so beloved of the Democrats when it was intervening in Southern elections, will apply uniform rules to cases of national scope, under the supervision of judges who earned their place on the bench with Senate confirmation, whenever $5 million or more in damages is sought in a class action case.

Within the first month of his second term, this long-sought goal is accomplished by President Bush, with no heavy breathing, much less muscle strain. An epic battle is won with scarcely a casualty. The tort bar is vanquished. There are still more items to address in reducing the toll this vastly wealthy interest group exacts from the wealth-producing sector of the economy, but this is a major step forward.

[Kitten Festival]

Rush Limbaugh went wild for this essay today on his radio show, it's a brilliant analysis of why the Dems have fallen down and can't get up! It's a great fun read!

[Always Right]

I was shocked the Democrats did not go to bat for their lawyers.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

This is Bush's example of " SHock and Awe" for the 'Rats!

[dixiechick2000]

MS Ping?


You be da' judge(s).

[claudiustg]

---Like stoners searching for their cars, they are dazed and confused by the realities of Twenty-First Century politics.---

Priceless!

[bourbon]

eeeeennh....I'll defer to WKB on this one. ;-)

[WKB]

I'll defer to freedomcalls

[Ditter]

bump for later

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

At least I got to use it in a reply. ;o)

[WKB]

President Bush mentions Mississippi in speech ping.

[xJones]

Thanks for the link, although I followed it back to The American Thinker weblog and got lost for several hours reading a lot of the past articles. Great blog site.

[stboz]

I guess this means Claiborne County won't be such a hot venue anymore.

[wardaddy]

This bill yanks class action? Is that right?

Personal injury suits will remain state unless folded into CA...is that correct?


What do you think is the most important thing that could be done?

Punitive limits?

Loser pays?

I really don't know.

[Magnolia]

Fuelled by anger, knowing what they are against but not in agreement on what they are for, they can provide a decent niche audience for Air America radio broadcasts... They are repellant to far more voters than they can ever attract.

The 21st century Democrat party led by Howard Dean & Michael Moore...gotta love it...lol!

[bourbon]

haven't really had a chance to look at the text of the new law/bill. It's my understanding that it federalizes some class action cases over a certain dollar limit.

"Loser pays"/"The British Rule" or some variant of it is the ultimate answer to lawsuit abuse, IMHO.

[wardaddy]

Thanks for your insight....I hope they do something.