Tort Reform Doesn’t Create Criminal Doctors
Texas doctor Christopher Duntsch was such a bad doctor that he’s now serving a life term in jail for injuring a patient. According to Max...
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The Arkansas Project was launched in 2008 as a source for incisive commentary and reporting on Arkansas government, politics, media and more. In 2011, The Arkansas Project became an affiliate of the Advance Arkansas Institute. The Arkansas Project supplied daily commentary until 2019, but is now largely inactive.
David Kinkade was the chief writer and the editor of The Arkansas Project until 2011. After the site became affiliated with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Dan Greenberg was editor of The Arkansas Project until it became inactive in 2019. During that eight-year period, the writers for the site included Nic Horton, Marc Kilmer, and Caleb Taylor.
Marc Kilmer
- Oct 23, 2018
- 5 min
Justice Shawn Womack Gets It
Arkansans’ chances to enact lawsuit reform are dead for this year. You can thank a misguided ruling by the state’s Supreme Court for...
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Marc Kilmer
- Oct 10, 2018
- 6 min
The Family Council’s Many Errors on Issue 1
The past two days I’ve written blog posts taking issue with how Jerry Cox of the Family Council is misleading Arkansans about Issue 1,...
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Marc Kilmer
- Oct 9, 2018
- 5 min
Jerry Cox’s Failure to Understand Issue 1
Do we have a duty to speak accurately about public policy issues? That may be a strange question in this world, where we see politicians...
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Marc Kilmer
- Oct 8, 2018
- 4 min
Why Is Family Council Spreading False Information about Issue 1?
Jerry Cox seems like a nice guy. We recently had an amiable phone conversation over an issue where we disagree, but it never got...
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Marc Kilmer
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
Lawsuit Reform Helps the Economy
There are a lot of angles that lawyers are using to attack Issue 1. The opponents of this ballot issue are throwing all kinds of dirt at...
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Marc Kilmer
- Oct 1, 2018
- 1 min
Have Questions about Issue 1? We Have Answers
As November 6 approaches, a lot of people have questions about Issue 1, the tort reform amendment. The biggest question is whether or not...
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Marc Kilmer
- Sep 25, 2018
- 3 min
Getting it Wrong on Loser Pays
Should the losing side in a lawsuit have to pay some or all of the winning side’s attorney fees? That question – whether a “loser pays”...
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Marc Kilmer
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
Tort Reform is Working in Texas
Perhaps the hottest topic this election year in Arkansas is Issue 1, the tort reform amendment. Assuming the state Supreme Court does its...
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Marc Kilmer
- Sep 11, 2018
- 4 min
The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Issue 1 Decision
According to Judge Mackie Pierce, Issue 1 is unconstitutional. He has ordered the state not to count the votes for or against the...
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Marc Kilmer
- Sep 7, 2018
- 2 min
The Bogus Win for the Lawyer Lobby
Well, they did it. The lawyers have succeeded in persuading a judge to deny Arkansans the right to vote on tort reform. Circuit Court...
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Marc Kilmer
- Aug 30, 2018
- 3 min
De-Mystifying Issue 1
The tort reform amendment on November’s ballot, Issue 1, is on quite a few voters’ minds. At least it is on the mind of Jim Pumphrey, who...
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Marc Kilmer
- Aug 28, 2018
- 3 min
Questioning Tuck on Tort Reform
Retired state Supreme Court Justice Annabelle Imber Tuck is taking a tour around the state. She’s not doing so to enjoy the scenery,...
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Marc Kilmer
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Lt. Gov. Griffin Touts Issue 1
We haven’t even reached September, the traditional time when people focus on elections, and yet the debate over Issue 1 is going strong....
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Marc Kilmer
- Aug 17, 2018
- 2 min
They Keep Getting Issue 1 Wrong
In November, Arkansas voters will be deciding the fate of Issue 1, the tort reform constitutional amendment. Now, it is to be expected...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jul 24, 2018
- 3 min
Have You No Shame, Conduit for Action?
Making false accusations against political opponents is nothing new in American politics. The smear, as it was once known, has a long...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
The Lawyer Lobby Doesn’t Want You to Vote on Issue 1
It’s no secret that some lawyers see Issue 1 as a threat to their lucrative business practices. When lawyers get mad, what do they do?...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jul 9, 2018
- 5 min
Further Discussions on Issue 1
Last week, TAP published a post discussing an op-ed on Issue 1 written by Suzanne Clark, president of the state bar association. I had...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jul 6, 2018
- 3 min
The Misrepresentations about Issue 1 Continue
We’ve talked about tort reform and Issue 1 a lot on TAP. It would be nice to focus more on other issues, but for some reason the trial...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jun 14, 2018
- 2 min
The Falsehoods about Issue 1 Continue
The fate of Issue 1 will not be decided until November. Unfortunately, the disinformation campaign against this tort reform amendment has...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
Senator Garner Gets it Right on Issue 1
Last year, legislators voted by a wide margin to give Arkansans the chance to change the state constitution by approving tort reform. Now...
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Marc Kilmer
- Jun 7, 2018
- 3 min
Conduit for Action’s Continuing Error on Tort Reform
Our old friends (and occasional allies) at Conduit for Action are at it again. This organization is parroting the old (and discredited)...
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Marc Kilmer
- May 2, 2018
- 3 min
The “Tricky Language” of the “Liberty Defense Network”
While poking around Facebook the other day, I came across the page of some organization called the “Liberty Defense Network.” As someone...
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Marc Kilmer
- Apr 27, 2018
- 3 min
The Flawed Logic of Rose Mimms on Tort Reform
As discussed in my recent blog post, Arkansas right-to-life leader Rose Mimms has penned an op-ed for Townhall that attacks Issue One,...
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