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>In what might seem a clear violation of the right to a public defender, forty-three states bill clients for their lawyers—in South Dakota, the charge is $92 an
by koboll 8y ago
>In what might seem a clear violation of the right to a public defender, forty-three states bill clients for their lawyers—in South Dakota, the charge is $92 an hour. Even if found innocent, clients still have to pay—and not having the money is itself breaking the law.
There is zero chance this survives 4th Amendment scrutiny at the Supreme Court
- gruez 8y agowhich has 0 chance of happening because they can't even afford a trial lawyer
- philjohn 8y agoAnd the SC is looking like it will be stacked with "Originalists" before too much longer.
- Mary-Jane 8y agoHow is that relevant?
- thatjsguy 8y agoPeople are afraid of rightwing ideologues on the Supreme Court because it means that certain cases might be reasoned from a point of view that is based less on sound legal philosophy and more on personal beliefs from the 1800s.
- java_script 8y agoNot even just the Supreme Court. Federal judgeships are being handed out left and right to (often unqualified but ideological) members of the Federalist Society. It's probably the biggest thing that Trump will have done that'll affect us our entire lifetimes.
- xamuel 8y agoThere is a proper mechanism for revising the constitution: constitutional amendment. If you want to be angry at someone for what the constitution says, then be angry at the legislators who have neglected their duty to update it.
- thatjsguy 8y agoI mean, I’m angry at a lot of people, legislators included. There’s plenty of anger to around..
- prolikewh0a 8y agoLochner Era 2.0!
- frockington 8y agoWouldn't that be good for 4th Amendment enforcement? It's very clear and in the original Bill of Rights
- philjohn 8y agoI put originalist in quotation marks for a reason.