Tuesday, August 18, 2015

White Hope Mine - legal pathway in sight, Judge issues order.

Judge Charles C Lovell has issued and caused to be served by U.S. Marshals, an order that might be looking out for the interests of the Miners, and shows a pathway for them to have their day in court.

I am not a lawyer, and no legal expert by any stretch, but it appears that in making clear that the miners must answer the summons issued earlier, and that they need to be represented by "Licensed Council" before a pretrial conference on Sept. 4th, that at least within the rules of a federal court/ corporate tribunal, the miners might be on a path that will lead to a trial before the end of the year.

Oathkeepers has promised to be here until such a court date is actually set, so it looks like we might be here at least another 2 to 3 weeks, but I think the USFS has been sent a message by this Judge that yes these miners have a right to be heard BEFORE any taking of their property, and I think (all of this is just my opinion) that for any government agency to interject themselves into this while these orders are in effect they would not only be in trouble with the court, but they would lose all semblance of fairness and destroy their own credibility with not only the Judge, but most of all the public.

That last one is the most important, because really, this case is being tried RIGHT NOW as we speak in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION and we are winning that trial big time.