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The Atlantic Defend the Public Defenders Their ability to hold on to their job should not depend on the same people they challenge in court. March 13, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic Public defense might be one of the rare professions in which doing one’s job too well can lead to being fired. The reasons for this are structural—public defenders are tasked with an obligation they cannot fulfill without upsetting those tasked with helping them fulfill it—and the system can be fixed structurally: by creating a state-level office whose job it is to defend public defenders. Consider the case of tw...

American, woman of color. she's hustling. he's doing the work that it takes to win. >> dana: they're often first time candidates. are you encouraging them to go to sort of a state level office or local office instead of just running for congress? >> we only work for people running for state hrepbl slate khur or below. could be school board candidates. sometimes things like the american river flood control district trustee or a library board. your first entry point into politic. >> dana: what happens after? do you follow-up with them or do you let them go on from there? >> when we connect them ...