Legal aspects [was: anybody else see darl on teevee?]

[Matthew Carpenter]

dep wrote:

>quoth Kurt Wall:
>
>| Being sued in civil court is like being charged in criminal court.
>| That is, a lawsuit or an indictment is an accusation of wrongdoing;
>| presumably, one is still presumed innocent until proven guilty. That
>| said, a favorite tactic has become to file a lawsuit and then conduct
>| a public relations campaign in conjunction with the lawsuit. This is
>| known as trial-by-press-release -- a tactic SCO has executed very
>| well.
>
>the sco case is a case study in what's wrong with our legal system. it 
>also points to needed remedies: the loser ought to pay both sides' 
>costs -- and the loser's law firm should be liable for those costs as 
>well. the judge should be able to hold hearings on whether the 
>allegations were malicious and find probable cause for arrest for 
>criminal fraud those who bring such lawsuits in bad faith (and i do not 
>think that the darl regime has done a single thing, ever, in good 
>faith), with those charges extending, too, to the law firm. it's only 
>when the lawyers themselves are at risk that any sanity will be brought 
>to the system.
>  
>
I'd vote for that...  I've also thought about privatized lawyers 
becoming only a government employment opportunity, or imposing a 70% tax 
on privatized lawyers, or cap their income some other way.  If law 
wasn't such a lucrative profession, perhaps we would have less laws and 
less lawyers in politics.