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		pessimizer on Feb 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Suprem... You get to choose who you apply laws to when you write them. If I make it illegal for a court to proceed if they do not provide representation to a defendant who desires it, I don't have to arrest the defendant.

FeepingCreature on Feb 20, 2021 [–]

Yeah but then you haven't made not having representation illegal, you've made not providing representation illegal.

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