Tennessee Senator wants some DUI lawyers’ ads banned

Nashville, TN

This soft-headed Tennessean claims she pushed for the amendment because she was tired of suspected DUI offenders not being convicted.

Since we're ignoring the Consitution, why stop at selected ads? Why not just ban attorneys from representing suspected DUI offenders altogether? That should increase the conviction rate. Better yet, why not just convict an imprison suspected DUI offenders without any due process of law? That'll raise the conviction rate to 100%.

Three words: What an idiot!

A prominent Democratic state senator wants to ban certain advertisements by DUI defense lawyers, which raised First Amendment questions Tuesday and brought criticism from her opponent who practices in DUI law.

Tuesday, Speaker Pro Tem Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) successfully added the provision to ban some advertising styles that DUI lawyers use to a bill.

The provision explicitly prohibited attorneys from advertising that they specialized in DUI cases, from advertising a discounted rate for DUI defense, guaranteeing a certain judgment in the case or claiming that the attorney had more expertise than another on drunken driving defense.

Kurita said she pushed for the amendment because she was tired of suspected DUI offenders not being convicted.

“Is this morally what we want, to allow people to have advertisements that say, ‘let me get you off your drunk driving charge?’” Kurita said. “I mean it’s like we’re saying that it’s OK.”

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