Comments on: “Shaking down the defendants for ubiquitous trivia” https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/shaking-down-the-defendants-for-ubiquitous-trivia/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: peter morin https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/04/shaking-down-the-defendants-for-ubiquitous-trivia/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:22:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3390#comment-2798 it is not often that a denizen of Massachusetts has an opportunity to be thankful s/he doesn’t live in another state.

Back when I was in the legislature here, during the Presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, Massachusetts and California were touting themselves (and each other) as being on the “cutting edge” of public policy.

If this is the cutting edge, I’m looking for a blunt instrument.

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