Occupy Bank of America?

12/24/11

Who knew that Mitt Romney had outflanked Obama on the left? Well, it took Nixon to go to China, but I expect we'll see a lot of backpedaling here. 

It's a bit troublesome, though, that a Harvard Law grad like Romney would believe that small claims court would possibly be the venue for resolving a wrongful foreclosure. Leaving aside jurisdictional issues, small claims courts are basically debt collection courts:  they're used by debt collectors, not by homeowners who can't afford legal counsel and are seeking injunctive relief. It explains a lot about the state of our legal system if the Romneys of the world honestly believe that small claims court is a the way middle class folks can receive justice. 

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