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Justice Dept. Presses Civil Rights Agenda in Local Courts

WASHINGTON (New York Times) โ€” Burlington, Wash., was a small city fighting what seemed like a local lawsuit. Three poor people said that their public lawyers were too overworked to adequately represent them in municipal court cases. The dispute went mostly unnoticed for two years, until the Obama administration became involved. Unannounced, the Justice Department […]

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