Sunday, July 25, 2004
Let Them Eat Cake
Those of you who don't read the New York Times ought to take a gander at today's issue. Robert Pear has a piece on how the Bush Administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by patients injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers can't recover damages for products which have been approved by the FDA. Both the Justice Department and the FDA have taken active roles in trying to block consumers from access to the courts. Interestingly enough... the FDA's Chief Counsel, Daniel E. Troy, counted the pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, among his clients when he was in private practice.
Noteworthy here is the fact that this new interpretation of the government's role is tacitly anti-state's rights. Forget how it'll play in Peoria... How will it play in Richmond or Atlanta where state's rights is an article of faith?
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Noteworthy here is the fact that this new interpretation of the government's role is tacitly anti-state's rights. Forget how it'll play in Peoria... How will it play in Richmond or Atlanta where state's rights is an article of faith?
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