Class-action bill gains speed

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON -- The GOP-controlled Senate yesterday fought back attempts to change legislation that would send most class-action lawsuits to federal court. The measure is now more likely to pass Congress and be signed by President Bush.

Under an agreement between the two houses, if senators do not change the legislation, the House will pass it quickly and send it to the White House.

Bush pressured senators to pass the bill with no changes.

"They're trying to amend the bill," he said. "That's a code word for they're trying to weaken the bill. They're trying to make the bill not effective."

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[merwin]

1. Bush is a dildo n/t

[GetTheRightVote]

2. Just * trying to f**k the little guy again, I hope the repubs go down

:kick:

[Warpy]

5. Exactly, the Federal courts are packed with right wing judges

so that no class action suit has a chance. They're all too concerned with the value of their portfolios to rule against the corporation and in favor of US citizens.

That's the real reason for this rotten bill.

[GetTheRightVote]

3. Just * trying to f**k the little guy again, I hope the repubs go down

:kick:

[merwin]

6. Exactly, the Federal courts are packed with right wing judges

so that no class action suit has a chance. They're all too concerned with the value of their portfolios to rule against the corporation and in favor of US citizens.

That's the real reason for this rotten bill.

(Thought I'd perpetuate the dupe a bit)

[w4rma]

4. This law is going to make a huge impact. It's going to be ugly and

bad. It will affect every single one of us directly or indirectly.

Reducing the accountability of powerful and large corporations is going to bring us closer to being servants.

[TahitiNut]

7. I agree. It's an abomination showing Corporate Rule in this country.

I still don't know why people aren't carrying torches and pitchforks. :eyes:

[Autobot77]

9. "I still don't know why people aren't carrying torches and pitchforks"

...Because people have been brainwashed by corporations and the media who put out these stories about the lady suing McDonalds because she spilled coffee on herself, and the tobacco lawsuits and spread the lie that there are so many lawsuits like this its clogging up the system.
People go along with it, then wonder why they are unable to sue some corporation because its product killed thier child.

[Red_Viking]

8. In a different world, I'd say it wouldn't last a constitutional challenge

There are jurisdictional questions that have to be answered, and situations in which cases are not supposed to go to federal courts ACCORDING TO THE FREAKING CONSTITUTION. Throwing all class action suits into the federal courts absolutely violates the diversity jurisdictional requirements in the Constitution.

Wait, aren't the federal courts overworked and understaffed? Wasn't there some kind of a ruckus because the douche-in-chief couldn't get his pet judges confirmed? If the courts are so full, what the f*ck are they doing sending even more cases to the dockets?

Plus, if class action suits without diversity are allowed into federal court, that means other folks should also have access to federal courts that wouldn't otherwise.

Since the Supremes, well 5 of them anyway, are part of the problem, I'm not sure this will ever get challenged.

* can suck it.

RV