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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
If that's the case; if consumers/readers are welcome participants to this public comment period party—and 150 letters (the vast majority of which are anti-settlement) were all that could be mustered (so far)—then consumers deserve any fleecing that might come their way (real or perceived).
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Does that stand for Supreme Court decisions as well? Any one can file a friend of the court brief, amicus briefs I believe they are called, but the vast majority of the time they are filed by interest groups and concerned parties and not private citizens.
Do people deserve what they get when they do not understand the complexity of the legal system and how to go about submitting letters, comments, or briefs? Or is it that people have been not been educated enough on how the Judicial system works to understand that they can do these things?
I know about some of this because I have a PhD in Political Science and have friends who study Judicial Politics. I did not take any classes in that field, I focused on International Relations and Comparative Politics, so am by no means an expert. If I barely understand the process, after many years of specialized training, why would I expect that someone who enjoys reading but has never been a part of a law suit to know what they can and cannot do when a case like this comes up.
I think your expectations are far too high. I would be thrilled if more then half of my students in American Government could name the President of the United States and knew how many states there are in the US. Heck, only 25% of my students knew how many Supreme Court Justices there are and only 10% knew who the Chief Justice is. Asking them to understand how to comment on a Federal Court Case is more then just a small reach.