Tort Reform - Limit the courts and increase the power of the Presidency?

[Toronado3800]

Bouncing around with my Tea Party friends we came upon the subject of tort reform. Seems they all want Obama or their next candidate to have the power to decide who can sue for what.

Really I suppose these regulations would come from Congress and would just be signed off by the President but few of them knew that. Interesting though their love of restricting the free market's decision of what things should cost.

 

[Sallow]

What a ridiculous idea.

 

[Oddball]

Why not leave it to the states to decide their redress levels for torts?

 

[Toronado3800]

Why leave it to the states? Seems like we would have an odd patchwork of 50 different systems and every case would end up in Federal Court because some medicine or piece of equipment crossed state lines and fell under Interstate Commerce also.

The Founding Fathers would have left it to the states in the interest of getting any 2nd Constitution signed. Heck, they left slavery to the states lol.

 

[Oddball]

Why leave it to the states?...Because it's not a federally enumerated power, that's why.

We seem to do just fine with a patchwork of different state laws and penalties pertaining to violent, property and fraud crimes.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Why leave it to the states?...Because it's not a federally enumerated power, that's why.

We seem to do just fine with a patchwork of different state laws and penalties pertaining to violent, property and fraud crimes.

Really?

Am I seeing this correctly? Oddball wants to give the government MORE power?

 

[Oddball]

I want less centralized power.

There's a difference.

 

[Toronado3800]

We do acceptable with the patchwork of laws, agreed. (ignoring Corporate Citizenship in friendly states)

So individual states should have power? Like we will let Colorado decide where its rivers flow?

That whole idea is foreign to me. I'm American not Missourian.

Or is this just a way of pushing socialism by letting the States limit the capitalist nature of the judiciary since Republicans will sign off on anything done at the state level as "their right".

 

[theDoctorisIn]

I want less centralized power.

There's a difference.

Not really. You still want someone to have control over how much you can sue someone for.

I don't know where you live, but here in NY, Albany is MORE dysfunctional than Washington.

 

[The Rabbi]

Bouncing around with my Tea Party friends we came upon the subject of tort reform. Seems they all want Obama or their next candidate to have the power to decide who can sue for what.

Really I suppose these regulations would come from Congress and would just be signed off by the President but few of them knew that. Interesting though their love of restricting the free market's decision of what things should cost.

I dont understand this post.
Who says the executive decides these things? Congress decides them.
When we say "tort reform" we mean reform of a system that encourages people to sue because there is no downside to them to do so.
Some bleeding heart will come along and claim that elderly people in TX cant sue for whatever. Ya know? Tough noogies. It would be far better than what we have now where literally hundreds of thousands of products and services are not offered and available to the public simply because the sellers are afraid of getting sued.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Bouncing around with my Tea Party friends we came upon the subject of tort reform. Seems they all want Obama or their next candidate to have the power to decide who can sue for what.

Really I suppose these regulations would come from Congress and would just be signed off by the President but few of them knew that. Interesting though their love of restricting the free market's decision of what things should cost.

I dont understand this post.
Who says the executive decides these things? Congress decides them.
When we say "tort reform" we mean reform of a system that encourages people to sue because there is no downside to them to do so.
Some bleeding heart will come along and claim that elderly people in TX cant sue for whatever. Ya know? Tough noogies. It would be far better than what we have now where literally hundreds of thousands of products and services are not offered and available to the public simply because the sellers are afraid of getting sued.

Sounds a lot like more government control to me...

I thought you guys were against that.

 

[The Rabbi]

Bouncing around with my Tea Party friends we came upon the subject of tort reform. Seems they all want Obama or their next candidate to have the power to decide who can sue for what.

Really I suppose these regulations would come from Congress and would just be signed off by the President but few of them knew that. Interesting though their love of restricting the free market's decision of what things should cost.

I dont understand this post.
Who says the executive decides these things? Congress decides them.
When we say "tort reform" we mean reform of a system that encourages people to sue because there is no downside to them to do so.
Some bleeding heart will come along and claim that elderly people in TX cant sue for whatever. Ya know? Tough noogies. It would be far better than what we have now where literally hundreds of thousands of products and services are not offered and available to the public simply because the sellers are afraid of getting sued.

Sounds a lot like more government control to me...

I thought you guys were against that.

How is that more government control?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

I dont understand this post.
Who says the executive decides these things? Congress decides them.
When we say "tort reform" we mean reform of a system that encourages people to sue because there is no downside to them to do so.
Some bleeding heart will come along and claim that elderly people in TX cant sue for whatever. Ya know? Tough noogies. It would be far better than what we have now where literally hundreds of thousands of products and services are not offered and available to the public simply because the sellers are afraid of getting sued.

Sounds a lot like more government control to me...

I thought you guys were against that.

How is that more government control?

How is it not?

It's the government deciding when and for how much you can sue someone.

 

[The Rabbi]

Sounds a lot like more government control to me...

I thought you guys were against that.

How is that more government control?

How is it not?

It's the government deciding when and for how much you can sue someone.

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

How is that more government control?

How is it not?

It's the government deciding when and for how much you can sue someone.

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

 

[The Rabbi]

How is it not?

It's the government deciding when and for how much you can sue someone.

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

Destroying the invalid basis of your absurd question is not a dodge. It is the coup de grace.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

Destroying the invalid basis of your absurd question is not a dodge. It is the coup de grace.

Whatever makes you feel better, little rabbit.

 

[del]

How is it not?

It's the government deciding when and for how much you can sue someone.

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

nice try

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

nice try

So you don't think that tort reform is more government control over what you can or cannot do?

That's like saying since the government gives out driver's licenses, it's not more government control to ban driving.

 

[jillian]

Newsflash: The government already does that.
So it is not more government control. It is different government control.

Nice dodge.

nice try

really, del?