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With fewer legal aid lawyers to take such cases, experts fear that some of the 33 states may now decide to abolish the guarantee...
...court unit to name a prosecutor whenever there is "specific information" lodged against any of some 240 top officials, whether or not it meets the legal standard of "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed. Attorney General Smith argues that the act is unconstitutional and wants to abolish it; Benjamin Civiletti, Attorney General under Carter, says the law's scope should be reduced...
...Reagan administration want to abolish the corporation, which supplies legal help to poor people in non-criminal matters...
Viet Nam veterans feel betrayed by a Reagan Administration that would abolish the counseling centers. They are especially angered that David Stockman, head of the Office of Management and Budget, spent the Viet Nam War years in divinity school. Says Robert Muller, executive director of the Council of Viet Nam Veterans: "Stockman has treated us with arrogance and with contempt." As Muller sees it, the Government and the Veterans Administration have not lobbied hard on behalf of the Viet vets because they are more committed to those who served in World War II and Korea. Those veterans are more interested...
...bill, sponsored by Senator James Mc-Clure of Idaho and originally called the gun-decontrol bill, already has 61 sponsors in the Senate. It would loosen interstate trade in firearms and allow their possession by some categories of felons. In addition, Reagan plans to cut back or abolish the agency that now enforces federal gun laws, the Treasury Department's bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Although 62% of those surveyed in the most recent Gallup poll say they favor tighter gun laws, opponents of gun control clearly have the upper hand. As long as that is the case...