> ------Original Message------ > Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: May 25, 2000 > Subject: Educating suspicious patriots > > > Educating suspicious patriots > Jon Roland, Constitution Society > > One of the most rapidly growing developments in U.S. > civic life today is > the emergence and prevalence of unfounded theories > about legal > institutions, processes, principles, and personnel. > It arises from the > collapse of confidence in the integrity of > government generally, and of > the judicial system and legal profession in > particular. In every other > society in which such a loss of confidence has > occurred, the result has > been violence and oppression, and unless we deal > with this problem, we > can expect deadly civil conflict to occur here as > well. > > It is very easy for people involved with the legal > profession to dismiss > these theories and the concerns that give rise to > them, but that would > be a despicable dereliction of duty. These people > may be mistaken or > misled in their understandings, but their concerns > about the loss of > integrity in the judicial and legal systems is > justified. > > What is needed is for responsible and knowledgeable > professionals to > take the lead in explaining what has gone wrong and > how the people can > work effectively to fix it. It is not enough to just > tell them to go to > law school, or get involved in the political process > and elect better > people to public office. For most of them it is too > late for that. Many > of them are already being persecuted unjustly by > corrupt and incompetent > prosecutors, using corrupt and incompetent witnesses > and fabricated > evidence, before corrupt and incompetent judges, > using manipulated and > incompetent juries, defended by corrupt and > incompetent public > defenders, and denied the right to make an adequate > defense or argue the > charges in the presence of the jury, charges which > are not authorized by > statutes, which in turn are not authorized by the > constitutions of the > state or nation. > > They also know enough to have lost confidence in the > electoral process, > having learned that any election that uses punch > card ballots can easily > be rigged and probably is, and that the only media > that might enable > them to reach the public to educate them about this > corruption and abuse > of power are themselves compromised by the corrupt > abusers. > > Against all this, therefore, these people are doing > the last thing they > can before taking up arms: seeking alternative legal > theories and > methods by which they might, at least for a while, > beat the corrupt and > abusive system at its own game. Their hope is that, > even if the system > is no longer constitutional, at least it might be > proceeding on the > basis of a consistent theory of its own, a kind of > substitute > jurisprudence which, if its principles can be > discerned and used, might > enable some people to at least win a few rounds, and > postpone the day > when the issue will be decided on a field of battle. > > Their hope is based on the way in which the present > judicial and legal > system does seem to operate in a roughly consistent > way in most of the > work it does, so that the rule of law may not have > been completely > abandoned, at least in nonpolitical cases, and there > may still be a few > lawyers and judges who will defy their patrons to > try to do what is > right. Those of us who are knowledgeable need to > patiently explain what > is really going on, with brutal frankness, why their > theories are > unsound, what small remnants of the rule of law > still survive, and how > we can work together to build on those and try to > restore a legal order > based on state and national constitutions. > > Faced with a subculture of ignorance that resists > education from those > they consider compromised, many professionals will > despair of being able > to break through and get them on the right path, but > the solution is to > take one step at a time, knocking out the myths that > prop up their > theories, and substituting correct explanations. It > is a challenge for > the educator, but the stakes are too high not to > try. > > But this guidance must meet their immediate needs. > They are not law > students. They are, in many cases, already in the > process of being > prosecuted unjustly in ways that threaten their > lives, their liberty, > and everything they have. It is too late for > generalities. They need > specific answers now, answers they can use > themselves, because there are > not enough responsible constitutional lawyers > available to step in to > represent all of them, especially pro bono. We have > to help them help > themselves, and if there is no legal recourse, then > we need to frankly > tell them that the time to take up arms has come. > > =================================================================== > Constitution Society, 1731 Howe Av #370, Sacramento, > CA 95825 > 916/568-1022, 916/450-7941VM Date: 05/24/00 > Time: 17:11:53 > http://www.constitution.org/ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= > $ecrets 2 $uccess Inc. > (http://www.secrets2success.com/special97580) > Check out the information that unlocks YOUR door to > success and...MONEY! > The best of all, IT IS FREE! > > http://wwwsecrets2success.com/special97580 > > ....................................................... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! 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