Americans Need a Level Playing Field with Oversight and Accountability

Jay Cook, president of the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, writes that "For more than 30 years, a coalition of powerful special-interest groups, backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been filling our heads with lies about the civil courts so they can replace the rule of law with the rule of men. The rule of law, one of the pillars of freedom upon which America was founded, ensures that nobody's above the law, that all of us - even the rich and powerful, even the government and especially our elected leaders - must play by the same rules or face the same consequences." Read more.