Quote of the Day 9/21/2016

“Equal justice under law is a phrase etched on the façade of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. That is a promise we have not kept. But we can do better, and we will do better.”

-David Riggs, an attorney and former legislator who chairs the Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission, which found that the lack of civil representation for low-income Oklahomans is a crisis that is “shocking in its depth and breadth” (Source).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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