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Vocabulary Mandate: An authoritative command or instruction. Marginalized: To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing. Legal Aid: Legal assistance provided, as by a specially established organization, for those unable to afford an attorney Egalitarian: Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people. Legal Aid: Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people. Judiciary: A system of courts of law for the administration of justiceThe main issue presented in this article is the lack of adequate funding to provide legal aid for persons who cannot afford proper representation. These people are being forced to represent themselves in court with little to usually no legal experience. Not only are those people representing themselves but delays in the system also increase costs throughout the entire justice system.
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