Lawyers, guns and money

It's a sad day for consumer watchdogs everywhere. By shifting many types of class-actions from state to Federal courts, legislators have made it far more difficult for consumer organizations to fight corporate malfeasance. Bush says it's all about frivolous litigation that lines the pockets of trial lawyers, but it seems more likely to reduce ordinary citizens' chances of standing up to Big Tobacco et al. What was that about the baby and the bathwater?

DiFi voted yes. 26 Dems voted no.


Songs now playing: Yo La Tengo's spacey version of "Today Is The Day," and X's scrambling "We're Desperate"