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Quotes in the article suggest that the justices want to consider only legislative intent, and not deal with the issue of forum shopping or of East Texas in part
by jimrandomh 10y ago
Quotes in the article suggest that the justices want to consider only legislative intent, and not deal with the issue of forum shopping or of East Texas in particular.
This may technically be legally correct, but it is a serious mistake. East Texas has a reputation for unfairness, and that reputation is undermining the credibility of the US legal system as a whole.
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- lostboys67 10y agoMaybe industry as a whole needs to boycott Texas
- BearGoesChirp 10y ago>that reputation is undermining the credibility of the US legal system as a whole. Once someone studies the impact of wealth on outcome of court cases, such as the difference between hiring a good lawyer and getting a public defender, is there anyone who still thinks of the US legal system as credible? I think of it as a pay to win system with a monopoly on violence that is a threat to anyone caught up in it. I've seen poor people completely destroyed for far lesser crimes that what rich people are allowed to walk with. Once you count in stacking charges to force plea deals, and the rate at which plea deals happen, how can anyone defend seeing any credibility left in the system?