• ILoveUnions@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    You don’t get a public defender for civil lawsuits, which are the majority of those kinds of lawsuits. So no, public defenders aren’t good enough for everyone, because they don’t exist for civil lawsuits.

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      8 days ago

      Yep that is an accurate description of the way the broken system currently works. Thanks!

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        Yeah. That’s the proper response to your statement being wrong. Lol. . .

        Yes, the system has issues–the issue being that the loser in the suit doesn’t take the burden of reasonable attorney costs for both parties. That alone would fix most of it. Government doesn’t need to give anyone a right to a civil lawyer.

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          “We should change the way things work.” “Thats not how things work” great argument buddy, glad we could hash this out.