Senator Kerry has selected former trial lawyer Senator John Edwards as his running mate. Jim Copland covers on PointOfLaw. Overlawyered has had extensive coverage of Edwards’s career and fund-raising (Feb. 26; Feb. 3; Feb. 2; Jan. 26; Jan. 23; Jan. 20; Sep. 16; pre-July 2003; and links therein). The Chamber of Commerce is so distressed by the selection that the Wall Street Journal reports that it may abandon its traditional stance of neutrality to campaign against the Kerry-Edwards ticket. (Alan Murray, “Business Elite Vows To Take On Kerry If He Taps Edwards”, Wall Street Journal, Jul. 6) (via Kaus). Murray suggests that Edwards could allay fears that he’s in the pockets of the plaintiffs’ bar by joining the bipartisan support for class action reform (see Mar. 16 and links therein). To do so, however, Edwards would have to flip-flop his previous opposition to the Class Action Fairness Act; he consistently voted against reforms in committee. (Senate Report 108-123).
It’s Edwards
Senator Kerry has selected former trial lawyer Senator John Edwards as his running mate. Jim Copland covers on PointOfLaw. Overlawyered has had extensive coverage of Edwards’s career and fund-raising (Feb. 26; Feb. 3; Feb. 2; Jan. 26; Jan. 23; Jan. 20; Sep. 16; pre-July 2003; and links therein). The Chamber of Commerce is so distressed […]
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