Brandon Williams: “I have watched with growing alarm at the drum beat of attacks, some of…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1995

I have watched with growing alarm at the drum beat of attacks, some of it very personal, that has gone on, particularly this past decade and a half, against lawyers. Attorneys are, in the American system, the arbiters of our justice. It is attorneys that develop the information which proves the guilty guilty and proves the innocent innocent, and I want to just take a minute of the gentleman's time to say that I believe the attack on attorneys, particularly trial lawyers of the past decade and some, is what drives the legislation here today, and I want to say further that my examination of this bill shows that it is toll road justice, it is deep pocket justice, it is means testing justice in America. It says, 'If you're not rich, don't play.' Mr. Chairman, that is a terrible, terrible thing for this country to bend to.

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Brandon Williams

Republican · New York

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Addressing the attacks on lawyers and the implications of legislation on justice.

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Brandon Williams: “I have watched with growing alarm at the drum beat of attacks, some of it very personal, that has gone on, particularly…”

Editor's note · Context