Civil Law: The Fight That Never Ends
Maybe you’ve heard this one: A small town had only one lawyer and he was going broke, so it got another one. Both lawyers got rich.
That’s a reasonably good description of the relationship between the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and Texans for Lawsuit Reform.
“The Trials,” as TTLA is known, has been around for ages. The opposition has changed over the years, depending on what was going on in the overlapping worlds of commerce and law. People who sue and people who are sued, basically, are all represented by trade groups. TTLA on one side, and someone ...
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Eric Wimsow
It is too bad that this issue overshadows and dominates the politics in Austin. Shouldn't we be focused on issues like public education, water, health care, and a whole host of other things that ought to be driving the political debate? When narrow interests dominate, then the rest of us suffer.
Adele Roberson
Americas Most Powerful Right-Wing Group - Responsible for most of the big problems in this State and in this Country.
http://www.alec.org/
http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
http://alecexposed.org/wiki/Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration
http://alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights
Until The people realize that griping does nothing.... And take the laws away from those who are in charge....We will continue to see the loop holes that allow things like ALEC to exist. American Legislative Exchange Council