Trump Targets the Legal Services Corporation

Another presidential assault on the courts and poor people—and another critical institution heedlessly threatened.

Column (NATIONAL)

Dorothy Samuels
American Prospect, The
April 11, 2017
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Tags: Funding: Federal

Organizations mentioned/involved: Legal Services Corporation (LSC)


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Given the unmet need for civil legal services, LSC is looking not just to dodge abolition or a compromise cut, but to actually increase the amount of federal financing the organization receives, from the current $385 million level to a still inadequate $500 million or so.

Getting there should be a priority for progressives and everyone else who cares about extending the ideals of justice to all Americans.