Category: Legal Reform

Federal Raid Haunts Couple’s Christmas Holiday, by John K. Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #319 /
Just a few years ago, Earl and Janice Peck hoped that they would celebrate this Christmas with a flourishing business and a growing family. But thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Service (USFWS) and the State of North ...
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The Supreme Court is Wrong to Ban Camera Coverage

National Policy Analysis #317 /
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision that it won't allow television coverage when it hears arguments on the presidential election is a mistake. The Court is so opposed to camera coverage that one Justice, David Souter, told a House of Representatives ...
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Minorities Rarely Winners in Class-Action Lawsuits, by Kevin Martin

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published September 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Personal injury lawyers have ...
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The Good, the Bad and the Greedy, by John K. Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #308 /
Perhaps nothing better symbolizes what is wrong with America today than the current spectacle of Clint Eastwood, the screen icon of rugged American individualism, reduced to fighting a trial lawyer demanding half-a-million dollars for trivial violations of the Americans With ...
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Clinton Administration Places Special Interests Over Civil Rights

National Policy Analysis #300 /
Americans recently have been shocked to learn of lax standards surrounding the protection of key nuclear secrets. Because of the potential for loss of life, this scandal may trump all others in significance. But another, less known scandal may have ...
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Split Up the Postal Service, Not Microsoft

National Policy Analysis #293 /
Microsoft is the victim of a double standard. A federal court recently ordered the company to be split into two smaller companies. But there is a real monopoly that no one seems to want to do anything about. There's been ...
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Environmental Regulations Sending Americans to the Poorhouse, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #270 /
"I just don't know what I'm going to do now. I'm in so much debt and I have to take care of my 13-year-old son who suffers from Lyme disease." Thanks to the government, Peggy Ann Buckley is millions of ...
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Campaign Reform Advocates Reap Gifts from Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #282 /
With all the tough campaign reform talk, you'd think there would be more coverage of specific cases in which money appears to have purchased political influence. Maybe that's because some of the most prominent campaign reform supporters receive donations designed ...
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Single Mom’s Christmas Ruined by Government Scrooge, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #273 /
Not all Christmas tales have happy endings. Most of us know the Charles Dickens tale, "A Christmas Carol." It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy man who became so bitter after losing the love of his life that he ...
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Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Could Pave Way for Litigation Tax on Other Industries

National Policy Analysis #263 /
The Clinton Administration Justice Department suffered yet another blow to its already sagging credibility September 22 when it announced the filing of a multi-billion dollar civil suit against U.S. tobacco companies. As with many pronouncements from the Clinton Justice Department, ...
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