[ncphil]

It actually is as simple as that. Well, if you could actually get funding. The number one problem with our legal system is that only the rich can afford to play. Before someone says, "but... public defenders", let me suggest that even a truly great lawyer (and many of the PDs I've known were) is going to have a hard time with a caseload approaching 200 files. On the civil side there's... nothing, at least since the LSC was cut to the bone back in the early 80s and put on a very short leash. So, although I'm all for eliminating all immunities, sovereign, absolute and qualified, that won't do a damn bit of good for ordinary people until free (because no one in the working or even middle class can afford a $1,000 emergency, let alone a pile up of legal fees at $200 per hour) representation is available for every and any legal matter. Once that's in place, you can set up your "light touch" triaging mechanism. Then if you also abolish all immunities, you might even get some justice.