2. Which of the following quotations best refines the main legal argument of Gideon v.
Wainwright into a single sentence that states both the problem and the solution?
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A. "Explicitly recognized to be of this fundamental nature and therefore
made immune from state invasion by the Fourteenth ... are the First
Amendment's freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, association,
and petition for redress of grievances...."
O B. "... in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into
court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless i
counsel is provided for him."
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C. "Similarly, there are few defendants charged with crime, few indeed, who
fail to hire the best lawyers they can get to prepare and present their
defenses."
D. "From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws
have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards
designed to assure fair trials before impartial tribunals in which every
defendant stands equal before the law."