Even in the area of health, Mr. Bush is indifferent. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which 130 countries have signed, has not received Mr. Bush's willingness to send it to the Senate for ratification. What is objectionable about the Covenant is that it has a "right to health" within its terms, along with steps to attain this right to health incumbent on signatory nations. The U.S. is the only western democracy without universal health care.
Perhaps no other area of American law has aroused more anger, pre-9/11 - in Mr. Bush's mind than the American civil justice system which enables wrongfully injured children and adults to sue, among other parties, the President's corporate friends when they sell dangerous or defective products.
As Governor of Texas and as President, Bush has wanted to limit corporate compensation for unlimited injuries, take away the authority of the states and put it in Washington, D.C. and federally tie the hands of state judges and juries who are the only ones who hear and see the evidence in trials. Note, however, none of his so-called "tort reforms" would take away the right of corporations to sue people or other companies.
Perhaps no other area of American law has aroused more anger, pre-9/11 - in Mr. Bush's mind than the American civil justice system which enables wrongfully injured children and adults to sue, among other parties, the President's corporate friends when they sell dangerous or defective products.
As Governor of Texas and as President, Bush has wanted to limit corporate compensation for unlimited injuries, take away the authority of the states and put it in Washington, D.C. and federally tie the hands of state judges and juries who are the only ones who hear and see the evidence in trials. Note, however, none of his so-called "tort reforms" would take away the right of corporations to sue people or other companies.