Federal Funding Cut For Low-Income Legal Defense Program

Federal Funding Cut For Low-Income Legal Defense Program

Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty Throughout my entire adult life, I’ve held one truth in my heart: The Republican Party absolutely hates poor people. While the GOP has always found ways to undercut the lower and working classes, their war on the poor has been supercharged under the Trump administration. Due to a lack of action by the Republican-controlled Congress, federal funding has lapsed for the Criminal Justice Act, which provides defense at…

Federal Funding Dries Up For Program Providing Defense Attorneys For Low-Income Clients

Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty Throughout my entire adult life, I’ve held one truth in my heart: The Republican Party absolutely hates poor people. While the GOP has always found ways to undercut the lower and working classes, their war on the poor has been supercharged under the Trump administration. Due to a lack of action by the Republican-controlled Congress, federal funding has lapsed for the Criminal Justice Act, which provides defense at…