{"id":4936,"date":"2004-08-04T20:00:23","date_gmt":"2004-08-05T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/08\/04\/obama-and-tort-reform\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:33","slug":"obama-and-tort-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/04\/obama-and-tort-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"obama and tort reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a1926\" name=\"a1926\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\"><span><span><font><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><font color=\"black\"><em>one-breath pundit<\/em><\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\">Ted Frank<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/001399.html\">Overlawyered<\/a>.com has suggested, over at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2004\/08\/two_illinois_to.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Legal Underground<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, that Barack Obama supports tort reform.  We just sent this <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$1924\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">email inquiry<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obamaforillinois.com\/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&amp;SEC={40AFD188-F486-464C-8501-ED2EEEA1804B}\">Obama campaign<\/a> , asking his position, and we&#8217;ll let you know about the response.  (Ted quotes from a Chicago Automobile Trade Assn <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cata.info\/information\/bulletins\/20040510.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Bulletin<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">) [For more see &#8220;Inquiry to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/inquiry-to-obama-on-tort-reform\/\">Obama on Tort Reform<\/a>,&#8221; Aug. 4, 2004]<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">\u00a0 <\/font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/04\/mark-twain.gif\" \/><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> Meanwhile, <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unpopularculture.org\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Unpopular Culture<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> has launched a book club, starting with Mark Twain&#8217;s <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unpopularculture.org\/index.php?cat=10\"><em><strong><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur&#8217;s Court<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.  They&#8217;ll be posting a chapter a day.  [thanks to the <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/foolblog\/2004\/08\/meet_the_new_si.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Boss Fool<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, George M. Wallace, for the pointer]<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><em><font color=\"red\"><font color=\"black\">to <\/font><strong>Lissa<\/strong> <font color=\"black\">from<\/font> <strong>Issa<\/strong><\/font>:<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><span><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">playing doctor<br \/>\nfor the silkworms&#8230;<br \/>\nlittle girl<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><em>even the temple tea<br \/>\nmakes her laugh&#8230;<br \/>\nlittle girl<\/em><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><span><span><span><font face=\"Helvetica\"><span><span><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><font size=\"1\"><em>[translator <\/em> <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/aboutme.html\"><font color=\"#42aac8\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><strong>David G. Lanoue<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, <font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">from his <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Issa website<\/a><\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"1\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\">]<\/a> <\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>one-breath pundit &nbsp; Ted Frank of Overlawyered.com has suggested, over at Legal Underground, that Barack Obama supports tort reform. We just sent this email inquiry to the Obama campaign , asking his position, and we&#8217;ll let you know about the response. 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