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US Supreme Court hears Turner vs. Price – Do civil rights apply in divorce?

First of all I must say that if you read my rants I have frequently pointed out that the New York State Divorce laws clearly violate civil rights. The courts force those who can't afford counsel into biased 'trials' and basically railroad the poor sucker stuck in Supreme Court of NY. There is no legal assistance available for one stuck in these crooked court rooms. There is no way out if the other side can keep paying. You can lose your kids, your money, your property and you can be imprisoned. These courts have infinite unchecked powers in NY. Appeals are impossible as pro se and if you are facing jail for other obligations, paying a lawyer for appeal doesn't really seem like a good use of money.

We were supposed to be protected from this type of government abuse by the Constitution. Well it took some guy in South Carolina, my hero, Mr. Turner in Turner vs. Price, to take his case to the US Supreme Court to answer this question. Turner was broke and he couldn't afford his support payments. He also couldn't afford a lawyer and no one would help him as he wallowed in the court system. Turner ended up getting sentenced to a year in jail for not paying. He appealed on the grounds that he was entitled to a lawyer since he was facing the loss of his liberty - Substantive Due Process. I'm not a lawyer but this smart one explains the case in legal terms.

I pray that the Supreme Court disagrees with South Carolina and sets precedent for the entire country that those of us facing the loss of our liberty and property are protected under the rights of Substantive Due Process of the 14th amendment. We are entitled to counsel when we are facing penalties that will deny us our basic freedom guaranteed in the Constitution.