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This makes lawyers rich, but it also makes the legal system almost unusable as a way to defend the rights of ordinary Americans. 9/11
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Lawyers are *fantastic* at using occupational licensing and other laws to keep the cost of legal services high and inaccessible. 8/11
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What if legal services could be provided through forms or automated systems rather than requiring an expensive lawyer for everything? 7/11
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Or regulators in the executive branch who could sue for damages to citizens without requiring the citizens pay legal costs? 6/11
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The need to address this sort of thing through class-action lawsuits seems like a workaround for our legal system being broken. 4/11
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But now they seem to be the only way for many individuals to fight a big company over a little money for each of them that adds up. 3/11
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Lawsuits are expensive, and they're also pretty random, especially where decisions are made by juries. 2/11
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So a few thoughts on this. Lawsuits seem like a generally bad way to resolve things. 1/11 (thread)
Breaking: @SenateGOP to vote tomorrow to take away your legal rights against companies like @Equifax & @WellsFargo. Here's what's at stake.
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Newsom's support for 3.5 million new housing units in California by 2025 seems in the realm of numbers that might help. Could swing my vote.
Serious work ahead of us to tackle the housing & homelessness crisis gripping CA. I’m committed to turning the tide. medium.com/@GavinNewsom/the-…
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And in how many jurisdictions would use of that list be illegal if it were labeled as "Country" (rather than, say, "Country or Region")?
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The political decisions involved in building and shipping the default set of values in that would be... messy.
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At some point candidates who lose because of voter suppression need to stop accepting the results of the election.
Wisconsin’s voter ID law blocked tens of thousands from polls & tipped state to Trump. My cover story @motherjones motherjones.com/politics/201…
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Don't forget that the 6 current and living former US Presidents were born in only 3 calendar years.
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