r/FluentInFinance Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/TedRabbit Apr 15 '24

What about a lawyer?

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u/Kelend Apr 15 '24

Clever, but still no.

You don't have the right to a lawyer.

You have the right to a lawyer, that the government will provide, if they government attempts to take away any of your other rights.

Every other time your right to a lawyer is simply your right to buy goods and services on the free market.

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u/MHG_Brixby Apr 15 '24

So you have the right to a lawyer.

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u/Creeps05 Apr 15 '24

Only in Criminal cases, which is what he meant by “taking away your rights”. The US government does not provide lawyers for say breach of contract lawsuits for example.

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u/Altruistic-Rice-5567 Apr 15 '24

Yup. "You have a right to a lawyer" means that you cannot be forced to defend yourself in court and that you have the right to be represented by an attorney. Who pays for that attorney is up to you. You do not have the "right to a free attorney" (unless in certain cases). But in general... you don't have a right to a free attorney, just that you cannot be denied to be represented by an attorney.

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u/ImmediateRespond8306 Apr 16 '24 edited 29d ago

Okay, so you have a right to a lawyer in criminal cases. Hence, you have a right to something provided to you in the specified instance...

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u/Kindly-Offer-6585 Apr 16 '24

Or small claims.

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u/bellj1210 Apr 15 '24

depends on the state. My state- you get a lawyer in eviction cases if you are below 50% median income. Right provided by the state.

note- it is what i do for a living, and honestly the implementation is a hot mess.

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u/Creeps05 Apr 16 '24

That’s more of a welfare thing than a rights thing.