{"id":6706,"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-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:33","slug":"obama-and-tort-reform-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/08\/04\/obama-and-tort-reform-2\/","title":{"rendered":"obama and tort reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a1926'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" 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&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><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.&nbsp; 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=&#123;40AFD188-F486-464C-8501-ED2EEEA1804B&#125;\">Obama campaign<\/A> , asking his position, and we&#8217;ll let you know about the response.&nbsp; (Ted quotes from&nbsp;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\">)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><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\">&nbsp;has launched&nbsp;a book club, starting with Mark Twain&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/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\">.&nbsp; They&#8217;ll be posting a chapter a day.&nbsp; [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><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/DIV><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<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;Mark Twain&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\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><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">playing doctor<BR>for the silkworms&#8230;<BR>little girl<BR><\/FONT><\/P><\/SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>even the temple tea<BR>makes her laugh&#8230;<BR>little girl<\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\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>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/abouttran.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"1\"><STRONG>David G. Lanoue<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>, <FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">from his <A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\">Issa website<\/A><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\">]<\/A>&nbsp;<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><A><\/A><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>one-breath&nbsp;pundit&nbsp;&nbsp; Ted Frank of Overlawyered.com has suggested, over at Legal Underground, that Barack Obama supports tort reform.&nbsp; We just sent this email inquiry to the Obama campaign , asking his position, and we&#8217;ll let you know about the response.&nbsp; (Ted quotes from&nbsp;a Chicago Automobile Trade Assn Bulletin) Meanwhile, Unpopular Culture&nbsp;has launched&nbsp;a book club, starting with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1Ka","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13700,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions\/13700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}