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by MrStonedOne 2429 days ago
If laymen can not read, parse, and understand law, then laymen can not follow the law, and laymen can not have due process.

Or in other words, lawyers are a value add, not a necessity.

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That's not what due process is.
Part of due process requires the ability to know an action breaks the law before you do that action.

Meaning it has to be possible to understand what is legal/illegal for all american citizens, not just the ones rich enough to afford a lawyer.