The Myth of the Litigious Society

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Radio Hour celebrates that bedrock Constitutional principle of an ordinary citizen’s right to have their day in court, when Ralph talks to legendary trial lawyers, Stephen Susman, Shanin Specter and Executive Director of the American Museum of Tort Law, Richard Newman. Plus more listener questions!

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0:00.0	From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,
0:03.6	it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:05.6	Stand up, stand up.
0:07.8	You've been sitting great to song.
0:10.2	Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my
0:18.4	erstwhile co-host David Feldman. Welcome back David. We missed you last week.
0:23.3	Thank you.
0:23.6	I don't know what Erswall means,
0:25.2	but I'll take it as a compliment.
0:27.3	It means you're back, baby.
0:29.0	Oh, okay.
0:29.8	And of course, the man who was always here. There's no show without him.
0:32.6	The man of the hour, Ralph Nader.
0:33.9	Hello, Ralph.
0:35.0	Hello, everybody.
0:36.4	We have an interesting show today, probably something you didn't know about.
0:39.3	I certainly didn't know about it until I started researching this week's show that the 1st of May, which happened this
0:46.1	past week, tends to be a day of celebration around the world that generally, at least in the
0:51.4	northern hemisphere, marks a celebration of springtime fertility.
0:55.9	It's also International Workers Day. And since 1958, and this is the part I didn't know,
1:00.8	every May 1st has been officially celebrated as Law Day.
1:06.0	When President Eisenhower declared the first Law Day back then, he said, quote, in a very real sense,
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