Originally posted by Emperordmb
I'm not sure about a 1 term limit, but yeah the electoral college needs to die.
A one term limit is preferable IMO. Otherwise most of them want to run for a second term and that means during their first term they aren't just thinking about the country when they make decisions, but also possibly about how it will impact their chances at getting elected again.
I feel a 1 term limit would be better, with the possibility of changing it from 2 potential 4 year terms to a single 6 year term.
Originally posted by Nephthys
The justification is that there's too many "frivolous" lawsuits that harm company's financially.The lawyer thing is this:
"H.R. 720 the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act would require federal judges penalize or otherwise discipline any attorney that brings what they consider to be a “frivolous lawsuit.” Currently, this decision is left up to the judge’s discretion."
As well as making it harder for those lawyers to get paid.
America has been trying to tackle Tort Reform for decades. Perhaps for 50-60 years because of our economic boom and tort-tastic boom that followed the 1950s.
Some of this IS a step in the right direction. The ability to sue in the US should be made much more difficult and clear caps put on punitive damages. Additionally, lawyers who feed off of tort with frivolous lawsuits SHOULD be penalized/fined under a revised tort-system.
Tort is so out of control in the US that we are the butt of jokes from other countries as the UK and Germany.
TL : DR -
I think the proposal has some good in it but I think it should be thrown out and proper tort reform proposed. This is going to be another Obamacare. Shit legislation with good sprinkled throughout.
Here is a website dedicated to Tort Reform in the US. The link is to each of the major issue areas:
I should point out that Tort is a huge area of law. The lawsuit area that most are familiar with is only one area, for example.
Here are some areas that need reform:
1. Making it more difficult for a case to go to a jury trial.
2. Limiting the amount of money that can be paid out in a case (such as limiting punitive damages).
3. Limiting class-action lawsuits or the ability to form them.
4. Malpractice suits - limiting these in many ways.
5. Non-economic damages limits (such as CA having it capped at $250K).
Look through the link to see what it is about.
If I were to just throw my opinion on there on which states have the best Tort reform, I'd say it is California and Texas.
Perhaps Texas is more mature in their Tort reform because they focused on more than just the medical side of things.