I heard it again. A Republican/conservative talking about the wisdom of the American people and in the same breath talking about capping medical malpractice payouts because the American people are to dumb to sit on a jury in a local STATE court house out their backdoor deciding how they want to orient society in their state.
Well, he did not really say the American people were to dumb to sit on a jury. He was talking about those damn lawyers. Those damn lawyers with their magic wands and fairy dust casting his spell on those wise Americans sitting on the jury.
You see, when you graduate from law school you have two tracks. You can become a corporate lawyer or a trial lawyer. If you become a trial lawyer you are handed a magic wand and fairy dust. If you are a corporate lawyer all you get is tons of money, putting them at a big disadvantage.
So let me see if I get this right.
The system has a lawyer for the plaintiff, the pied piper with his magic wand and fairy dust, and a lawyer or lawyers for the defendant and their tons of money. There is one judge, the referee, and twelve citizens called the jury, the wisdom of the American people. Each side tells their story and presents their facts, unlike talk radio and cable news. When each side has completed their arguments and presented all of their facts the judge tells the jury the laws that must be applied when deciding the case. The jury then moves to deliberate the case in private amongst themselves.
Yes, I can see where this Republican is coming from. I can see the stupidity of the collective wisdom and judgment of its citizens. Scary stuff, this “we the people stuff”. Why do we even let these pinheads and idiots participate in Democracy if they are not capable of sitting on a jury in a local state court out their back door?
It is time to bring in the Federal government to settle this matter and take these rights away from the states and its citizens.
Robert's Fight 
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April 17, 2011 at 11:35 pm
tammy
i just think that corporate lawyers are only in it to win the big cases for corporations, because, yes they get tons of money but also because it furthers their careers as lawyers who can win cases for the big dogs. Corporate America should not be allowed to assist in these trials, because they do not want to pay out any money and “ruin the moneymakers of their economy” Have you ever seen the movie Rainman, they had insurance claims on the corporate side that were told not to pay out to certain “defendants who were too sick to get the money from their own insurance” because then the company of course would go broke, then what? But trial lawyers are paid to defend the innocent, at least that is what they are supposed to do. You have to have a great sense of the law and “public duty” to their clients in order for them to fight the fight until the end, and then keep fighting until the innocent and sick get their justice. I wanted to be a lawyer for this reason, but soon realized that i could not defend guilty people or people who use their money for profit instead of caring for their insurance carriers. What a racket, but i do believe that most judges do not want to go too far with cases. I also believe there are good lawyers out there, but really need to look hard to find them. That is why we have so many advocates step in to help the people who have to deal with this roller coaster effect of law. Truth shall always prevail and the weary will never quit the fight, we need to find a system that works for all of the people all of the time, not some of the people some of the time. It really is a tragedy the way the law works these days and probably always has. But i believe that if we can find the good lawyers who believe in the law and believe in justice we could have a better system, we need to find them out there somehow, someway. i know it sounds like a pipe dream, but it is possible, otherwise, we will all just become reckless and abandon our beliefs. Look hard for the type of lawyers that really fight against the system. they are out there and not all can be bought.