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A lawsuit against the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services has been quietly pending for more than a year. And while neither group will talk about its progress, a number of pending bills take aim at fixing the system.
Lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 337 and approved more than $90 million to help overhaul Oregon's failing public defense system.
On, Tuesday, a California Senate committee passed a bill that would extend a temporary ban on police use of facial recognition and biometric scanners with police officer cameras for three more years.
But advocates warn about the middleman
Walt Garlington notes that state nullification of unconstitutional federal actions mostly has roots in anti-slavery history.