Scalia supported legal aid — Trump doesn’t

"The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia praised the Legal Services Corporation for providing “high-quality legal assistance to those who would otherwise be unable to afford adequate legal counsel.”"

"PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS described the late Justice Antonin Scalia as the model of what a Supreme Court justice should be. On the 40th anniversary of the Legal Services Corporation, in September 2014, Scalia said that the “mission of LSC is to provide equal access to the system of justice in our nation and to provide high-quality legal assistance to those who would otherwise be unable to afford adequate legal counsel.” He asked rhetorically, “Can there be justice if it is not equal, can there be a just society when some do not have justice?” And he answered, “Equality, equal treatment is perhaps the most fundamental element of justice. . . . And in today’s law-ridden society, denial of access to professional legal assistance is denial of equal justice.”"

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