Cheney leads effort to attack lawyers

Kingsville, Texas (AP) -- Impatient with stalled efforts to close the courts

to litigants, the Bush Administration literally fired the first shot in its

groundbreaking ``No Lawyer Left Standing`` initiative. Vice-President Cheney,

hunting on a private lawyer ranch near Kingsville, Texas, bagged an

impressive buck (Harry Whittington, UT Law `50). Under the new program, hunters may

take one white shoe in-house lawyer or three outside lawyers daily. There is no

limit for trial lawyers. ``We`ve just got to thin the herd,`` said the

Vice-President. ``We`ve tried tort reform and caps on damages, but people

are still suing.`` Cheney added, ``It`s easy and fun. In Texas, you can shoot in

almost any direction and hit a lawyer.``