An intense campaign is under way in Texas over Proposition 12, which would amend the state constitution so as to give the Legislature authority to set limits on non-economic damages awarded to plaintiffs in civil lawsuits (vast assemblage of news…

Prop 12 restores to the Legislature the power to adjust social policy for tort laws by undoing a bad decision from the late 1980s in the Lucas case. That’s an appropriate legislative function without regard to the merits of any particular tort reform …

This is cheesy. OK, here’s the deal. This is the site of Texans for Lawsuit Reform. They are a perfectly legitimate politically active group seeking to get a grip on the out of control lawuit situation. They are for Proposition