Safeguarding Americans from a Legal Culture of Fear: Approaches to Limiting Lawsuit Abuse : Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, June 22, 2004U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 221 Seiten |
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Seite 180 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Seite 212 - This case is decided upon an economic theory which a large part of the country does not entertain. If it were a question whether I agreed with that theory, I should desire to study it further and long before making up my mind. But I do not conceive that to be my duty, because I strongly believe that my agreement or disagreement has nothing to do with the right of a majority to embody their opinions in law.
Seite 14 - ... the allegations and other factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so Identified, are likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery...
Seite 14 - ... well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and that it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.
Seite 181 - ... there is not here involved any attempt by Congress to enlarge or regulate the jurisdiction of State courts or to control or affect their modes of procedure, but only a question of the duty of such a court, when its ordinary jurisdiction as prescribed by local laws is appropriate to the occasion and is invoked in conformity with those laws, to take cognizance of an action to enforce a right of civil recovery arising under the act of Congress and susceptible of...
Seite 198 - It extends to those activities intrastate which so affect Interstate commerce, or the exertion of the power of Congress over it, as to make regulation of them appropriate means to the attainment of a legitimate end, the effective execution of the granted power to regulate interstate commerce.
Seite 10 - They do not have payroll departments, tax departments or attorneys on staff. Being a small business owner means, more times than not, you are responsible for everything — taking out the garbage, ordering inventory, hiring employees, and dealing with the mandates imposed upon your business by the federal, state and local governments. That is why simple government regulations, particularly when it comes to the paperwork they generate, are so important. The less time our members spend with "government...
Seite 177 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Seite 181 - ... when its ordinary jurisdiction as prescribed by local laws is appropriate to the occasion and is invoked in conformity with those laws, to take cognizance of an action to enforce a right of civil recovery arising under the act of Congress and susceptible of adjudication according to the prevailing rules of procedure.
Seite 77 - Chamber is the world's largest business federation, representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector and region.