Why the national Republicans are not much better than the Democrats:
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatc...162719-tort-reform-bill-takes-fire-from-right
Opponents of a House medical malpractice bill are trumpeting an attack on the legislation from a prominent conservative lawyer.
Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett accused the GOP of practicing “fair-weather federalism” on the malpractice bill, which would preempt state laws that conflict with its cap on some jury awards. ...
The bill violates House Republicans’ pledge to cite specific constitutional authority for all legislation, he wrote.
“In considering a tort reform bill, the Republicans in the House of Representatives are about to violate one of the first promises they made upon taking control,” Barnett wrote.