Word: torts
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...answer to the tort lawyers. In many states, every link in the chain that brings an unreasonably dangerous product to the U.S. is potentially liable for the damage it causes. "It's not a defense to say, I was just a distributor," says Jonathan Bunge, a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Foreign Tire Sales, the company that imported the recalled tires from Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, is named in a lawsuit over a fatal crash involving the tires...
...warns, since they translate it as losing U.S. jobs to other countries. A more palatable way to convey the idea: "free-market economy." Eavesdropping It doesn't say antiterrorism. It says "people listening in on their neighbor's personal conversation," says Luntz. "Electronic intercepts" is "more scientific and justifiable." Tort reform Republicans love this term, but to Luntz it either makes your eyes glaze over or suggests a French pastry. He advises tort bashers to use the snappier "lawsuit abuse." Amnesty "Amnesty for illegals equals death for politicians," says Luntz. People don't want breaks for illegals. They want "border...
...what does this mean for 2007 and 2008, if Democrats do win one or both houses of Congress? Certain kinds of legislation that the G.O.P. has passed over the last four years over Democratic opposition, such as tort reform and and limits to late-term abortions, probably wouldn't be put on the floor for votes if Democrats ran the House. And Mayhew's research does show that hearings and investigations increase dramatically with divided government, as one party seeks to embarrass the executive branch of the other. So expect to see lots of subpoenas flying from the offices...
...respect. He preaches to the party choir (literally in some cases) on issues like God, guns and gays. He has advocated for - and won - a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. He has kept taxes low, attracted record numbers of new jobs to the state, and rammed through tort reform. In September, the conservative Cato Institute ranked him as No. 2 governor in the nation on fiscal responsibility - "a better governor," they said, than Bush...
...steel industry, the car industry. We had to be there to get to here--all of us as a society. There's a framework under which this can be remediated and repaired. We don't need anyone's involvement other than the people who've been trespassed on. The tort system in this country is broken when in class actions, such as the silicone-breast-implant issue, a small number of trial lawyers can come in and claim 40% of the take in cases often based on bad science. The winners are the trial lawyers...