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Trial Lawyers & The Democratic Party
Whether or not you are aware of it, the attack on the civil justice system and trial lawyers is also by design or by coincidence an attack on the Democratic Party. Something that Democrats and Republicans should both know, is that trial lawyers give large amounts of money to the Democratic Party.As a result, the attack on trial lawyers by the corporate funded and self labeled tort "reform" movement has the double benefit of reducing funding for the democratic party and creating corporate immunities at the same time.
As outlined in a report called the Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law by David Johnson of the Commonweal Institute:
The Political Agenda -- Defunding Trial Lawyers The alliance of the tort reform movement with the far right involves an agenda that goes beyond such tort-specific issues as jury awards. These linked movements want more than just restricting litigants' rights and weakening regulatory constraints on business. By working to limit jury awards, and thus limiting the income of plaintiffs' attorneys, conservatives seek to "defund the trial lawyers," thereby undermining the attorneys' ability to lobby effectively and to contribute money to the conservatives' political opposition.
In a candid article discussing the Right's agenda, Grover Norquist writes, "Modest tort reform, much of which has been actively considered by committees in both houses, would defund the trial lawyers, now second only to the unions‹and this is debatable‹as the funding source of the Left in America."[27] He has also written, "Modest tort reform would deprive pillar number three--greedy trial lawyers--of billions from American consumers. In some states trial lawyers give more to Democrats than union leaders do."
...the Right is not involved in advocating tort reform solely due to their concern over the insurance rates paid by doctors or damage awards paid by businesses. In a coordinated effort to weaken their political opposition, they are similarly targeting the Labor movement through "Paycheck Protection" legislation,[30] teachers unions through advocacy of vouchers,[31] aid to the urban poor, and attacking voting rights.
From Tort Deform
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