Politically and economically powerful interests seek to erode our constitutional rights in an effort to protect their profits and avoid accountability for wrongdoing.

They understand, however, that people can see through their self-interest.

As a result they have created a number of misleading front groups to advocate for the limitation of jury rights.  In many cases, they also finance �junk science� to support their claims � as when big oil companies hire �scientists� to deny the existence of global warming.

Here are some of the more notorious front groups that may sound innocent, but actually exist for the purpose of trying to convince you to give away your constitutional rights:

Institute for Legal Reform American Tort Reform Association FreedomWorks Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse The Manhattan Institute