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Thank you Gov. Patrick for your historic support for the 6th Amendment

July 13, 2008 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

Many of you may not remember, but in 2003, then Gov. Romney vetoed 20% of the funding for bar advocates and the 6th Amendment right to counsel.  [This is line item 0321-1510]  Line item 0321-1510 had come out of the legislature … [Read more...]

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Tuesday could be the day for those 2371 unpaid court-appointed attorneys!

September 30, 2007 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

As for me, I cannot take another day off from my work in my own office.  I have no "W2 income" - if I do not work, I do not earn an income.If I do not get paid for the work I do, I cannot pay my bills.  So although I do close my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 6th-amendment, bar-advocate, civic-engagement, indigent-defense, supplemental-budget

Legislature goes out on recess – leaves court -appointed attorneys unpaid for work already done!

July 31, 2007 By AmberPaw 17 Comments

In the interest of full disclosure, part of the work I do is representing indigent parents and children in cases where DSS has taken children out of their homes, or as an appointed Guardian Ad Litem guarding the education or medical care or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 6th-amendment, court-appointed-attorney, fair-pay, indigent, legislature, right-to-counsel

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Blowing a year-long chance to think bigger and smarter about transportation policy was in Phase I.

Soul-crushing traffic returns as part of Phase IV Part II. https://twitter.com/ofsevit/status/1365393162240458755

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Whelp @cdempc

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“The filibuster” is not an inanimate thing.

It’s 40+ human Senators choosing to do wrong.

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

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👀 https://twitter.com/bill_shaner/status/1365100351502880770

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

Cindy Friedman@CindyFriedmanMA

Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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