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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (267541)1/8/2006 3:16:31 PM
From: neolib   of 1575984
 
When Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson can ...

The problem there is with the jury, which IMO is also a very important part of our system. Don't know how to reform that part.

... too many frivolous lawsuits in the courts.

There are laws against frivolous lawsuits, don't know what is federal vs. state actually. There is the issue of what is important to you might be frivolous to me, or the other way around.

I note that the recent Dover, PA Intelligent Design/Evolution trial was not a jury trial, but rather decided solely by a (fortunately intelligent) judge. If Supreme Court cases required juries, we might have many interesting results don't you think?
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