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An 8 page paper which examines how these groups, promote their respective causes, lobbying efforts, and considers whether or not these groups ever compete with each other and discusses if any of the groups represent their interests at the expense of the general public. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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and lobbies with a variety of issues to champion and to influence legislation passage. Each of these organizations has their own agenda and their own preferred way of getting
their messages across. While some may have stronger influence and impact than others due to more effective public relations and marketing campaigns, all of them combine to comprise an
intricate framework that is unique to the United States of America. Three of the most effective special interest movements are in the areas of tort reform, animal rights, and
immigration reform. They have similarities and differences, but have distinguished themselves in an elaborate tapestry that features and celebrates diversity in all of its forms. What exactly is tort
reform? Simply, it is an attempt to make lawsuits more difficult to initiate, especially by recovering money (referred to as damages) by limiting the existing legal parameters. Today,
whenever a citizen is dissatisfied with something, litigation is the perfect Band-Aid to put on the wound. Billions of dollars are expended as a result of torts and the
attached attorneys contingency fee agreements (Rubenstein, 1997). Why is there a need for tort reform? According to one of the first special interest crusaders Ralph Nader, "Corporations already
exercise almost total control over legislatures and regulatory agencies... Their success in those arenas allows them the luxury of concentrating their efforts on the only area they cant control: the
thousands of courtrooms around the country" (Rubenstein, 1997, p. 7). Lobbyists in the late 1990s estimated that litigation cost U.S. corporations approximately $300 billion a year (Rubenstein, 1997).
To combat this escalating problem, regional groups such as the San Diego County Citizens against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) have emerged. Founded in 1994, CALA is an independent group
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