Justice Ain't Much If You Can't Afford It. America Needs to Overhaul Its Civil Law | Opinion (via MarthaBergmark)
In America, we are raised with the promise of"justice for all." But after decades as a civil rights and civil legal aid lawyer, I know firsthand that our nation falls far short of that ideal. Not until we fix our broken civil justice system so that it serves everyone—not just the wealthy and the powerful – can we fulfill that promise.
I needn't have worried. In southeast Mississippi, where I founded the first civil legal aid program to serve the area in the 1970s, we won high-impact litigation to redress race discrimination in employment and housing, to secure the voting rights of African-Americans, and to end inhumane conditions at county jails.
Instead, he learned that a furniture company had wrongfully repossessed Mrs. Hamer's friend's couch, and she needed David's help to get it back. David may have thought Mrs. Hamer was testing him, assuring herself that he was ready for bigger leagues than the local small claims court, but I don't think that was all.
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