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IN the office of the legislative counsel of each house, an expert and nonpartisan staff performs the technical tasks of looking up precedents and framing proposed legislation in statutory language. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: An expert and nonpartisan staff performs the technical tasks of looking up precedents and framing proposed legislation in statutory language in the of...

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Some of these lawyers are lobbyists representing special interests. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Some of these lawyers are lobbyists representing special interests

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Physicians, professors, ministers and journalists have all had successful careers in both Houses of Congres 0.900

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Simplified: Physicians professors ministers and journalists have all had successful careers in both Houses of Congress

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There are also lawyers on the committee staffs who draft and revise bills as they proceed through the gamut of conferences and compromise. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Lawyers on the committee staffs draft and revise bills as they proceed through the gamut of conferences and compromise

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In essence, Tocqueville said that a truly democratic society will recruit its politicians on the basis of individual talent, rather than class or family background. 1.000

👤 Alexis de Tocqueville 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law , Historical

Simplified: Tocqueville said a truly democratic society will recruit its politicians on the basis of individual talent rather than class or family background

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Both Britain and France have been able to draw for their lawmakers on groups of citizens — ranging from people of inherited wealth to trade‐union functionaries—who are either unavailable or unaccept... 0.900

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Simplified: Britain and France have been able to draw for their lawmakers on groups of citizens who are unavailable or unacceptable to many American voters

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Most of the 250,000 attorneys practicing in this country are self‐employed and they can, if they are so inclined, make time for all of the favors, errands and meetings that com 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Business , Statistics

Simplified: Most of the 250000 attorneys practicing in this country are self-employed

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Finally, those with a law degree can almost always take up practice again at the close of — or in the intervals between—spells in public office. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law

Simplified: Those with a law degree can almost always take up practice again at the close of or in the intervals between spells in public office

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In such a setting, lawyers are likely to possess both the skills and the opportunities that ease their entry onto the political scene. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Lawyers are likely to possess both the skills and the opportunities that ease their entry onto the political scene

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Political activity can be rewarding for a lawyer: courts appoint trustees, guardians and referees and as often as not these remunerative assignments are bestowed on lawyers with records of party servi... 0.900

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Simplified: Political activity can be rewarding for a lawyer courts appoint trustees guardians and referees and these assignments are bestowed on lawyers with rec...

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In many cases, they ran with the awareness that being a candidate is a form of “ethical advertising” for the young man who needs to build up a practice. 0.900

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Simplified: Being a candidate is a form of ethical advertising for the young man who needs to build up a practice

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While there is no such thing as a “typical” Congressman, what does stand out is that by training and occupation a majority of our Senators and Representatives are lawyers. 0.950

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Simplified: A majority of Senators and Representatives are lawyers by training and occupation

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No other country has drawn on its legal profession to a comparable extent. 0.950

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Simplified: No other country has drawn on its legal profession to a comparable extent

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“The government of democracy is favorable to the political power of lawyers,” Alexis de Tocqueville wrote more than a century ago, and the early history of our nation confirmed his observations. 1.000

👤 Alexis de Tocqueville 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law , Historical

Simplified: Alexis de Tocqueville wrote the government of democracy is favorable to the political power of lawyers more than a century ago

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What is the percentage of lawyers in Congress? 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Q&A 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Percentage of lawyers in Congress is unknown

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Favorable views of Supreme Court remain near historic low 0.950

👤 Pew Research Center 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Favorable views of Supreme Court remain near historic low

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In SoHo, artists began to push officials to legalize lofts, and in 1982, New York State enacted its Loft Law, providing rent stabilization to existing tenants and guidelines to landlords for bringing... 0.950

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Simplified: In 1982 New York State enacted its Loft Law providing rent stabilization and guidelines for landlords

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NEXT: The Feds Used Threats To Silence Their ICE-Tracking Speech. Now They’re Fighting Back. 0.900

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Simplified: The Feds used threats to silence their ICE-Tracking speech now they are fighting back

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A federal judge explains why Trump can't jail legislators for producing a video that offended him. 0.950

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Simplified: A federal judge explains why Trump cannot jail legislators for producing a video that offended him

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More counties are pledging to work with the agency, since state law there allows sheriffs to decide the level of collaboration. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Immigration

Simplified: More counties are pledging to work with the agency since state law allows sheriffs to decide collaboration level

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