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Democrats Hire Army of Lawyers for Elections

Posted by pudge on from the yeah-right-if dept.

Neil Blender writes in that the Democrats are hiring tens of thousands of lawyers to contest election results. This is nothing new, except for the apparent magnitude of it, and it gives the idea of tort reform a whole new meaning. The Republican party is relying on state parties to hire the lawyers, if necessary.

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  1. a bit late by syrinx · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they had gotten all the lawyers earlier, they might have been able to keep Nader off even *more* ballots!

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    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
  2. Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's tens of thousands of lawyers who are now too preoccupied to mess up other things.