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...seen at first hand the helplessness and bewilderment of the poor when faced with the legalities of our complex society." The poor need lawyers not only to stay out of jail, he said, but also to contend with landlords, bureaucrats and faceless welfare agencies. Forever trapped in a "debtor's spiral," said Alexander, the poor constantly face repossession because of a single missed payment, as well as wage attachments that often lead to their being fired. The poor, Alexander held, need more legal aid than any other class in the nation-and get less...
...celebrating Helen Keller Day. Among the many good wishes was one from Lady Bird Johnson: "It must give you enormous satisfaction to look back on what you have achieved, which is nothing less than a Magna Carta of opportunity for the handicapped. We are all very much your debtor in a way that cannot be repaid...
...judge is that big money probably has to ride on his staying alive. A would-be beneficiary can insure another person's life only if he holds an "insurable interest" or a substantial financial stake in that person's survival. A creditor can thus insure a debtor, an employer a key employee. So why not insure the litigant's "amen" when the bailiff cries, "God save this honorable court...
Rare Show. The no-vote impasse had been bridged a month ago when the U.S. agreed to let nations in arrears on peace-keeping-operation dues (notably Russia, and France) vote anyway-despite Article 19 of the U.N. Charter, which stipulates that debtor members shall not. Then, scant hours before the Assembly opened, the U.N. Security Council in a rare and impressive show of Big Power unanimity arranged the cease-fire in Kashmir. And in just a week Pope Paul VI, spiritual leader of a fifth of the world's people, was to arrive from Rome to wish...
Black adopted Florida's suggestion that "since a debt is property of the creditor, not of the debtor, fairness among the states requires that the right and power to escheat the debt should be accorded to the state of the creditor's last known address." All this takes is a look at the company books. Though "not entirely one of logic," said Black, Florida's escheat rule is easiest to apply and will save countless court fights in the future...