"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Regulations For Thee, But Not For Me
"To liberals, regulations are great — until they ensnare a liberal politician. Then, suddenly there needs to be an exception to the regulation. An example of this is liberals’ curious insistence that left-wing law professor Elizabeth Warren did not need to comply with Massachusetts bar regulations requiring registration and licensing of lawyers, even though she handled many cases from her office in Massachusetts, including cases involving Massachusetts clients and Massachusetts state law."
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This is a whiny article written, I presume, by a jealous "right" rent seeker. He's angry that a "left" rent seeker has benefited from regulations.
But regulations are for the benefit of rent seekers. They are nothing more than an interference with market forces.
Thomas Pynchon is quoted as having said: "If they can keep you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers." Nobody thinks to ask why anybody can or should be restrained from "practicing (whatever that's supposed to mean) law".
"Bars" are monopolistic restraints of trade. They exist to make certain there will be no such thing as "justice" -- only one dues-paying "lawyer" who outperforms his "opponent" in the shamanism of "law".
The enormity of the truth is incredible
Sam