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An even higher percentage (73%) of those polled said they would favor more birth control services and better dissemination of sex education. Abortion remains, of course, a crucial and politically dangerous issue, but last week there was another indication of wider acceptance. The U.S. Second Circuit Court ruled that, contrary...
Intimidates Indigent
The Study Group report suggests that lawyers be restricted or barred from small claims courts since their presence often intimidates indigent litigants. Lawyers could be replaced by para-legal "small claims advisors," local residents who have completed a training program in rudimentary principles of law and consumer action, according to...
Despite Nixon's effort to narrow the policymaking role of the court, the Burger Court had a broader impact this year than at any time since the Warren era. In addition to the capital punishment decision, the court last week also ruled that a parolee can no longer be...
These proposals ignored the reality -that relatively few lawyers go into private criminal practice, and that the modest fees paid for the defense of indigents are not likely to attract many newcomers. States like New York, one of 19 that already provide lawyers for most misdemeanor defendants, have had to...