“Members of class-action lawsuits increasingly are receiving little, if any, compensation from the cases, while their teams of lawyers are making millions of dollars in legal fees. For example, plaintiffs who filed a suit against movie-rental company Blockbuster Inc. were each issued two movie-rental coupons and a $1 coupon in the settlement. Their attorneys received $9.25 million.”

- Washington Times, 7/8/04

And the Democrats are pushing a trial lawyer for the office of Vice President. Anyone doubt on where this country is headed?