Blame the lawyers!

Posted By katie allison granju

Rosalind Kurita thinks a ban on advertising by lawyers who represent DUI suspects would help combat drunk driving. I am guessing the U.S. Constitution won’t agree:

Sen. Rosalind Kurita, a Clarksville Democrat, successfully added the provision to a bill that would create an online registry of repeat DUI offenders in Tennessee.

Kurita says officials have a hard enough time convicting drunken drivers without lawyers advertising their expertise in the field and offering discounts to DUI defendants.

Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle, a Memphis attorney, argued that Kurita’s proposal would violate commercial free speech rights.

Apr 22nd, 2008

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