Renewed Push to Expand Access to Legal Aid
Mike Moen
GUEST WRITER
MINOT The movement to expand affordable legal services is receiving renewed focus, since a U.S. Supreme Court Justice made a public endorsement of the idea.
Conservative-leaning Justice Neil Gorsuch recently wrote an op-ed for USA Today, calling on states to find creative ways for more Americans to get free or affordable legal guidance, especially in non-criminal cases.
Examples include establishing a will or dealing with small-claims issues.
Rich LeMay, executive director for Legal Services of North Dakota, said this kind of advocacy is long overdue. Attorneys go to school for this, and quite frankly, some of the attorneys don t have it figured out, LeMay asserted. It s a lot to expect that a person s gonna be able to do everything the way the court requires.
The late US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last September, has been hailed as a feminist rock star (Forbes), feminist icon (New York Times) or trailblazer (NBC). Her face adorns cups and T-shirts. Lamenting her death, the feminist website Jezebel.com offered a simple four letter word of horror.
So it s fascinating to learn that when her nomination was proposed in 1993, feminists were split. This was because of Ginsburg s determination to hold a centrist position, and her nuanced interpretation of Roe v. Wade. Although she viewed the ruling as the single most important litigation advance of the decade, she felt the right to abortion would have been less vulnerable to challenge, had it been grounded in an argument for equality, The idea of the woman in control of her destiny and her place in society.
January 17, 2021
Harris, the first Black-South Asian woman to be elected as vice president, will be sworn in by Sotomayor, the first Latina woman on the Supreme Court.
SHOW TRANSCRIPT
As we approach Inauguration Day Wednesday, there s sure to be some history-making moments.including future Vice President Kamala Harris being sworn in by another groundbreaking woman in D.C.
Aides close to Harris tell ABC that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will swear Harris in as the 49th vice president of the United States. The means Sotomayor, the first Latina woman in the Supreme Court will join Harris, the first Black and South Asian woman to be elected as vice president on the special day.
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