Greedy Trial Lawyer
States Give Corporate America Greater Profits By Giving Us Fewer Rights
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
Nathan Newman, at TPM Cafe, details how Corporate America went state to state to accomplish much of its "tort reform" agenda. The accomplishments are enough to light your hair on fire. And, the result - greater profits - was predictable.
Shutting the Courtroom Door: How the Corporate Right Mobilized in the States
The only thing that has changed in the wake of "tort reform" are escalating corporate profits at the expense of consumer and workers' pocketbooks -- a triumph of using lobbying power to rob from working families to benefit the wealthy. And this was done nearly solely with changes in state policy-- highlighting why state politics matters so much for large areas of social justice.
Soon all courtrooms and court systems will be operated by state Chambers of Commerce.
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