In Lawyers We Trust
An Ogden Standard-Examiner reader points out that Utah's one-party control of the Legislature is dangerous for democracy, but it pales before the abuses of domination of government by a single profession.Chuck Eddy argues that both houses are dominated by lawyers, who make it difficult for people from other walks of life to serve:
Most of us know that a one-party system is not in the best interests of the claimed democracy. . . . If we start counting the lawyers in the Legislature, we will see another domination. Not a one-political party, but certainly a one-profession legislative and judicial system.
We don't need a one-party political system, and we certainly don't need a one-profession government.
8 Comments:
10 or so out of 104. Yeah, the legal professions is in total domination. Sheesh
How many lawyers are there in the house and senate? Come on Glen, a little bit of effort would be greatly appreciated. Clearly laziness has gotten you to where you are today but we as your loyal readers deserve more.
Those who complain about one-party domination in Utah celebrate one-party domination in Washington.
Taking issue with the lawyer-hating crowd, it makes sense to have lawyers as lawmakers.
Lawyers are the ones who will be implementing and interpreting what laws are passed by the Utah Legislature.
The laws most expensive to deal with, and most oppressive to those who suffer under them, are those which are insufficiently scrutinized by people with legal training.
It's actually 11 out of 104 but that's hardly domination.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the lowest percentages in the nation.
Anon #4 is full of BS.
Legislators have staff attorneys to take care of that.
Since when did someone become an expert on taxes, education, transportation, crime, Medicaid, insurance, etc. etc. just because they have a f****** law degree and why would a lawyer know more about these topics than an accountant, engineer or a stay-at-home parent?
The last statement "the laws most expensive to deal with and most oppressive ... are those which are insufficiently scrutinized by people with legal training" is total BS. An oppressive tax increase or a destructive change in education or transportation policy can happen even if every legislator is an attorney.
Further to the comment by anon #4, your logic would mandate that all budget decisions be made by legislators with accounting, financial or business backgrounds.
What, no CPA, no Wharton MBA, no CEO or CFO experience? Sorry, you don't get to vote on the budget.
The, good points but lighten up man, we're not debating the end of the world here.
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