15.6.03
House approves end of state-level class action suits
It's funny how champions of "less government" and "local government" want to bring certain things under federal control. Like class-action lawsuits:
It's funny how champions of "less government" and "local government" want to bring certain things under federal control. Like class-action lawsuits:
The battle over the future of class actions, in which consumer and environmental groups face some of the Bush administration's most powerful financial backers, now goes to the Senate, where Republicans won a powerful majority during last winter's mid-term elections.Moved, in other words, to places full people who know what's best for America.
Big firms and their lobbying groups in Washington - led by the insurance, energy and private health giants - have been pushing for years to achieve a shift away from state benches, to which judges are usually elected, to the politically appointed federal judiciary.
