Friday, June 24, 2011

Supreme Court Says You Do NOT Have the Right to an Attorney

Just confirming that it is AmeriKa now:

"A sharply divided Supreme Court yesterday refused to require states to provide lawyers for poor people in civil cases involving incarceration, but ordered state officials to ensure that those hearings are “fundamentally fair’’ to the person facing possible detention....  

Yeah, sure, that will work given the track record of states.

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