Public Interest
Oct. 12, 2001
Who Should Pay To Defend The Poor?
SAN FRANCISCO - For decades, the nation's legal services program has been under fire from critics on both sides of the political fence. Conservatives don't understand why taxpayers should foot the bill for suits against the government brought by the program's reform-minded lawyers. Liberals, in turn, object to litigation restrictions and funding cuts imposed by Congress on those services.
Conservatives don't understand why taxpayers should foot the bill for suits against the government brought by the program's reform-minded lawyers...
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