Answer:  If what you are really asking is why we are opposed to changes that would improve the legal system, we are not.  We believe we should do anything we can to improve the system and make it more accessible to individuals and families like yours.

What we are against are the proposals that masquerade as "reform" but take away your rights.  The most common one is to limit--regardless of the facts--the compensation that a jury made up of members of the community provides for people who have been injured through no fault of their own.

This big-government, one-size-fits-all approach replaces the judgment of a jury that has heard both sides of a case with the arbitrary, predetermined judgment of politicians who know none of the case facts.

Most of what gets called "reform" are changes that would make the legal system easier on corporations and big businesses at the expense of individuals.  For example, limiting what a corporation can win in a lawsuit is never proposed.  "Reformers" want to limit only how individuals can be compensated when they are injured.  And they never propose limits on how many lawyers a corporation can hire or how much they may be paid, but they want to make it more difficult for you to get a lawyer when you need one.

We are in favor of real improvements to the legal system.  For example, we are all for enforcing laws prohibiting meritless lawsuits and frivolous defenses, prohibiting secrecy of settlements or evidence when public health and safety are at stake, and giving juries more authority to ask questions and take notes, if the parties agree, to help them determine fault and decide fair compensation.  These are the changes we believe are really necessary.

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