September 23, 2022
President Biden nominates McLain ‘Mac’ Schneider for US attorney in North Dakota
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Former state Senate Democratic minority leader McLain “Mac” Schneider has been nominated by President Joe Biden for the state’s top federal prosecutor job.
He would replace acting US Attorney Jennifer Puhl.
Schneider must be confirmed by the Senate. North Dakota Republican Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer issued a joint statement Thursday congratulating Schneider. Hoeven stopped short of saying if he would support Schneider’s nomination. Cramer said he would.
prosecutor job.”/ President Biden has nominated former state Senate Democratic minority leader McLain “Mac” Schneider for the state’s top federal prosecutor job.
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Schneider, 43, currently has a private practice in Fargo and Grand Forks. He served in the state Senate from 2009 until his defeat for re-election in 2016. He served as Senate minority leader during the 2013 and 2015 legislative sessions.
Schneider lost a bid for North Dakota’s sole US House seat in 2018 to Republican Kelly Armstrong.
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Schneider is an alumnus of Fargo South High School, the University of North Dakota and Georgetown University law school.
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Calls for reform of ‘outdated’ civil legal aid scheme
There have been calls for a major overhaul of Ireland’s 50-year-old civil legal aid scheme to better help vulnerable individuals and communities.
It comes from Community Law and Mediation (CLM) – the only independent and free law service in the country.
The CLM group has just two premises. Its first center opened in Coolock, Dublin in 1975, while a second base in Limerick has been operating for 10 years.
They were established to give vulnerable individuals, families and those living in regeneration areas access to legal advice and advocacy.
The service also seeks to address the significant unmet needs in the area of free legal help.
CLM’s mission is to provide communities with expert legal, mediation and education services that local people would not otherwise have access to.
It also wants to address underlying issues of injustice and exclusion, while working for real change.
Solicitor Sinead Kerin is manager of Limerick CLM. It organizes outreach clinics in the regeneration areas of Moyross, Southill, Ballinacurra Weston, and St Mary’s Park as well as frequently addressing community groups about their services.
She said homelessness and housing now make up 50% of the organization’s work.
“We have identified a number of challenges which persist from year to year and require urgent reform.
“We are frequently asked to advocate on behalf of clients, many with young babies who have been refused access to emergency accommodation. Many mothers and babies and pregnant women end up sleeping in their cars,” Ms Kerin told RTÉ News.
“Many of our clients have been on housing waiting lists for up to 15 years to [try and] access adequate social housing. Others are living in poor housing conditions without proper heating and water and poor sanitation.
“These problems have been exacerbated