No End In Sight

Do you suppose the nation’s courtrooms will ever stop being the equivalent of a grownup playground, where bullying, temper tantrums, and game playing run rampant. As lawsuit after lawsuit is filed, extending litigation over decades, an end seems to be no where in sight.  Environmentalists file lawsuit on top of lawsuit over everything from the protection of earthworms, fleas, and fowl, to the production of biotech crops and fossil fuel replacements. No one should argue the fact that everyone is entitled to their day in court, but that right should not be allowed to extend into a ceaseless litigation process, tying up the courts and wasting taxpayer dollars. Case in point, the environmentalists’ lawsuit against Roundup Ready alfalfa. This suit has been on going in one form or another now for five years, sadly just a blink of an eye in litigation time. Several judicial rulings have been made in the case, but none which the environmentalists approve of; meaning they’ll only be happy with a total ban on the planting and selling of the crop. As these groups are well aware, if at first you don’t succeed, file suit, again, and again, and again.