The conservative Washington Legal Foundation claims that funding for civil legal aid derived from interest on lawyers’ trust accounts constitutes an unconstitutional taking of property belonging to clients. Their fight has gone on for more than ten years. But this article suggests that the true motive is an attack on “radical legal groups” that are funded through the programs.
The conservative Washington Legal Foundation claims that funding for civil legal aid derived from interest on lawyers’ trust accounts constitutes an unconstitutional taking of property belonging to clients. Their fight has gone on for more than ten years. But this article suggests that the true motive is an attack on “radical legal groups” that are funded through the programs.
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