Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/08/04/after-repeated-budget-cuts-mi.html
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Sorry, Cory. @daneel scooped you.
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Link to save anyone searching (or did I miss it?)
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Missouri also has a law mandating that uncertified schools must be afforded education in a system of that school’s choice: http://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with
I am very impressed that Missouri’s past legislators thought to constrain the current rascals
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Oh, I’m sure the Governor will wiggle out of it somehow.
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Yep, and also find a way to punish the underfunded Public Defender who summoned him with the letter.
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I understand the assumption, but the GOP tag doesn’t seem appropriate. The governor is a Democrat.
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Beautiful!
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underfunded by a governor who can always find money for his pet projects.
Vote that moron out’a office!
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Be tricky, he’s getting term-limited out.
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It’s a miracle. Of Biblical proportions.
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He’s already trying…
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From that article:
Naming Nixon as a public defender is not the only attempt by Barrett to recover the money Nixon is withholding. The commission last month filed a lawsuit seeking to force Nixon to release the money. An initial hearing on that case is set for Monday.
Governor, defend thyself?
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Nixon, a former attorney general, said he supports indigent criminals having legal representation, but that Barrett cannot appoint a private attorney without the consent of the attorney.
I think he can. In fact, I think he just did. I don’t see where the law requires consent at all.
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I did a fist pump when I read this.
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will he ask for a public defender?
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As tempting as it is to be gleeful over this, as has been pointed out already, Nixon is a term-limited governor in his last year in office. If he just ignores this, I doubt anything will happen. He will likely be replaced by this lovely excuse for a human being.
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Poetic justice at its finest
