The Washington Post published an editorial on June 7th written by Robert J. Samuelson entitled, Lawyers Unchained. Litigation substitutes for political debate and legislative struggle. It s not a healthy development We are quietly delegating our democracy in unwise ways. Complex disagreements become simple questions of right and wrong.
Compromise gives way to winner take all outcomes.
We should be wary. Government policies need to achieve a certain level of fairness, popular acceptance and balance among legitimate, if inconsistent, public desires.