{"id":5028,"date":"2004-09-25T20:59:59","date_gmt":"2004-09-26T00:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/09\/25\/the-politics-of-pain\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:25","slug":"the-politics-of-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/09\/25\/the-politics-of-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"the  politics of pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2311'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><EM><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">md. v. jd?<\/FONT> <\/EM><\/STRONG><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/boxers.jpg\" alt=\"boxers\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM><\/EM><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>world of pain&#8211;<BR>and the cherry blossoms<BR>add to it!<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"1\">Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">, translated by <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/SPAN><BR><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I just heard <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about\/people\/bios\/jludden.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Jennifer Ludden<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8216;s NPR presentation on <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/rundowns\/segment.php?wfId=3936705\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Tort Reform as a Campaign Issue<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;(audio link, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Sept. 25, 2004), billed as a talk with Frank Cross, Michael McCane, and Overlawyered&#8217;s <A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/001560.html\"><FONT color=\"black\">Walter Olson<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">on the &#8220;link between litigation and the economy.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I think the&nbsp;&#8220;litigation&nbsp;does more good than bad&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">guys won&nbsp;this skirmish.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">If you haven&#8217;t followed the&nbsp;sparring at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/feature\/#512\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Point of Law<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> on <EM>Tort Reform and the Election,<\/EM> I urge you to<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">do so.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Physician Ron Chusid (for Kerry) and Lawyer Ted Frank (for Bush) both have stamina,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">but no knockout punch.&nbsp; We<FONT color=\"black\"> <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/09\/21#a2274\"><FONT color=\"black\">recently<\/FONT><\/A> asked for a better definition of &#8220;frivolous lawsuit,&#8221; and the meritorious topic was considered by both&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/feature\/#538\"><FONT color=\"black\">Ted<\/FONT><\/A> and <A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/feature\/#547\"><FONT color=\"black\">Ron<\/FONT><\/A>.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Check out Lessig vs. Tucker at the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalaffairs.org\/webexclusive\/debateclub_edwards0904.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Legal Affairs Debate Club<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, on whether being a Trial Lawyer hurts<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> John Edwards in the election. (via <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.ernietheattorney.net\/ernie_the_attorney\/2004\/09\/john_edwards_th.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Ernie<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">) &#8212; <EM>Champion of the underdog or shark in a suit?<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><br \/>\n<UL><\/FONT><\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Three&nbsp;things&nbsp;that pain me but seem to have no cure: (1) the&nbsp;idea that physicians and lawyers are natural enemies; (2) the purchase of the Democratic Party by Trial Lawyers, Inc.; and (3) the Republican Party&#8217;s blanket condemnation of &#8220;trial lawyers&#8221; and simplistic approach to tort reform.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>md. v. jd? &nbsp; world of pain&#8211;and the cherry blossomsadd to it! &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. 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