Comments on: The case against “Civil Gideon” http://overlawyered.com/2008/06/the-case-against-civil-gideon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-case-against-civil-gideon Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 16:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Celia http://overlawyered.com/2008/06/the-case-against-civil-gideon/comment-page-1/#comment-22019 Celia Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:56:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7159#comment-22019 “The talk was mistakenly interpreted as an attack on criminal Gideon itself.” Unless you “extemporized” an awful lot, I cannot imagine how THIS talk could have been so mistakenly interpreted. I’m sorry the moderator didn’t ask you a slightly different version of the termination of parental rights question, viz what might be your position on government-provided counsel in cases where the court seeks to terminate parental rights? I enjoyed your prepared remarks - sorry I missed the talk. Keep up the good work. “The talk was mistakenly interpreted as an attack on criminal Gideon itself.”

Unless you “extemporized” an awful lot, I cannot imagine how THIS talk could have been so mistakenly interpreted.

I’m sorry the moderator didn’t ask you a slightly different version of the termination of parental rights question, viz what might be your position on government-provided counsel in cases where the court seeks to terminate parental rights?

I enjoyed your prepared remarks – sorry I missed the talk. Keep up the good
work.

]]> By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2008/06/the-case-against-civil-gideon/comment-page-1/#comment-21999 Deoxy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:14:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7159#comment-21999 <blockquote>the solution is to stop Child Protective Services</blockquote> The solution to many things is to stop CPS - they are at least as bad as the problems they are supposed to fix.

the solution is to stop Child Protective Services

The solution to many things is to stop CPS – they are at least as bad as the problems they are supposed to fix.

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