The Truth About Trial Lawyers

The Kerry-Edwards campaign is tainted by the influence of personal-injury lawyers. As the nation's most powerful special-interest group, trial lawyers all but run the Democratic Party. Year after year, they funnel millions of dollars into the Democrats' purses, secure in the knowledge that their donations will protect them against legislation that could stop them from exploiting the legal system.


“What's beyond dispute is that trial lawyers are a special interest. They pump millions of dollars into Democratic coffers because their livelihoods depend on [it].”—“Mr. Edwards' Bundle of Secrets,” Washington Post editorial