"Spare the rod and spoil the child" extended to the enth degree. The compassion side of American society gone nuts, aided and abetted by the legal "industry." Assistance from the legal industry consists of exploiting every loophole, no matter how ridiculous. And the hunger for taking on any and every case that will bring in a fee no matter how harmful to society. In the 1970's, it was discovered that going to law school could be a good pathway to a comfortable income. At a time when higher education (another story unto itself) became available to a wider segment of young Americans. Since then, the bandwagon has gotten overloaded. There is only so much room in the Koi pond before it gets overcrowded. So they have to expand the size of the Koi pond.It's F'ing brutal what these miscreant are allowed to get away with.