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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 01:33 PM Feb 2017

Jim Harbaugh calls out Donald Trump on Twitter over budget cuts to legal services






Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is no stranger to voicing his opinion, and that’s especially true when it comes to his Twitter account. Most recently, the SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum was caught in the head coach’s crosshairs.

The latest target for Harbaugh is now the one and only President Donald Trump. On Tuesday morning, he took to Twitter to express his disapproval regarding Trump’s new budget proposal, which could reportedly eliminate the Legal Services Corporation, the largest funder of civil legal assistance for low-income Americans.






http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/2/28/14762082/jim-harbaugh-president-donald-trump-twitter
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Jim Harbaugh calls out Donald Trump on Twitter over budget cuts to legal services (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 OP
Good for him underpants Feb 2017 #1
O-H Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2017 #6
I-O underpants Feb 2017 #7
👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2017 #8
Kudos to Harbaugh NoMoreRepugs Feb 2017 #2
It sits well with this alum. roamer65 Feb 2017 #10
maybe I should change many to some? NoMoreRepugs Feb 2017 #12
I do not know this person at all, but they are 100% correct. logosoco Feb 2017 #3
This is the first decent, likable thing Harbaugh has ever done Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #4
Right? Cosmocat Feb 2017 #9
As a Seahawks fan we used to make quite a few jokes at Harbaugh's expense Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #5
GO BLUE! MrScorpio Feb 2017 #11
Love that man! ffr Feb 2017 #13
It won't sit with the fan base who aren't alumni and are known as "walmart wolverines" nt maryellen99 Feb 2017 #14
Harbaugh must think Trump cares about fair ........... Trump cares about Trump Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #15
Perhaps someone with expertise in Constitutional law, and how it pertains to basic criminal law... BobTheSubgenius Feb 2017 #16

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
3. I do not know this person at all, but they are 100% correct.
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 02:51 PM
Feb 2017

My mother worked for LSC for many years and they did so many good things for the lower income people in the city of St. Louis.
Groups like this is what makes America great. On the ground doing good work for the people who cannot get help otherwise.

Cosmocat

(14,559 posts)
9. Right?
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 03:07 PM
Feb 2017

I can be honest and say both he and his brother are really, really good coaches, but man are they insufferable douchebags.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
5. As a Seahawks fan we used to make quite a few jokes at Harbaugh's expense
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 02:59 PM
Feb 2017

At least when he was coaching the 49ers. But I'll give him kudos for calling out Trump.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,560 posts)
16. Perhaps someone with expertise in Constitutional law, and how it pertains to basic criminal law...
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 04:50 PM
Feb 2017

...could help out a bit?

The way I see it, and I freely admit I could be wrong:

- This defunding will result in fewer legal aid lawyers being available.

- Legal aid is very often the only legal assistance available to many defendants.

- Fewer lawyers in an already greatly stretched system could well result in defendants having no representation available to them.

- Constitutionally-mandated representation lacking, some cases will be kicked because due process is thus lacking.

Is this a reasonable view?

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