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Lassiter v. Department of Social Services

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Is There a Right to an Attorney?

The system we have is not just like imprecise, it is wholly inadequate and does very little to protect people who need the protection of due process. If you are threatened with two million dollars in civil dama, you're not assured an attorney. And so there should also be a civil gideon, this concept that in civil cases where big rights are on the table, where poor people suffer because they don't have attorneys, the state should be providing law s for them.

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