Judge Reportedly Will Misinform Jurors in Bundy Trial

Judge Will Reportedly Misinform Jurors in the Trial of Ammon Bundy and Six Others

Greetings Paul,   We have quite a bit of jury-related news regarding the trial of Ammon Bundy and six other defendants that has gotten under way this week in Oregon. News sources are confirming what I heard from an observer from courtroom: the judge in the case is reportedly planning to misinform jurors regarding their right of jury nullification.  According to The Oregonian,

Guerrilla Jurors: Sticking it to Leviathan

This article was written by Don Doig and Stewart Rhodes and was first published at Lew Rockwell dot com on April 25, 2011.
Found here: https://thementalmilitia.net/2016/05/30/guerrilla-jurors-sticking-leviathan/

Citizens in our (once) free republic founded under the English common law system, have both the power and the right to vote according to conscience when they sit on a jury and can vote not guilty even in the face of the law and in the face of the evidence. The defendant also has a right to expect that his jury will be fully informed of their rightful power to vote “not guilty” if they believe justice requires it, regardless of the evidence. Anything less is not a real jury trial.

The jury issues no opinion, gives no explanation of its decision. It simply renders its verdict, and if the verdict is “not guilty,” that acquittal cannot be questioned or overturned by any court. It is telling that a conviction can be overturned, but an acquittal cannot — the deck is stacked on the side of the liberty of the individual on trial. While a judge can overturn a jury conviction that in his judgment is unsupported by the evidence, or where the jury harbors prejudicial animus toward the defendant, the judge cannot overturn an acquittal even if the evidence is overwhelming — even if the defendant admits on the stand that he did the actions of which he is accused.

Which do you prefer. A Civil War, or World War III ?

This article is so important that I have published the entire article, and will add my comments below the article.  Please go to the article and read the comments below the original article after you read my comments below on this page.

http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2014/01/05/would-you-prefer-a-civil-war-or-world-war-three/

Would You Prefer a Civil War or World War Three?

January 5, 2014 - Featured, Main, Martial Law - Tagged: civil war, Dave Hodges, martial law, obama, the common sense show, world war III - 79 comments

Dave Hodges January 5, 2014 The Common Sense Show  America is on a collision course with a brutal civil war. We can argue if the coming civil war will be conventional or guerrilla. However, many of us feel that we have reached the point of no return and that civil strife is unavoidable. A political solution to our multiple issues would have been my preferred choice, but that ship sailed a long time ago. I know that the cognitive dissonance crowd will not believe this, however, nobody from that mindset can answer the most important question in the debate based upon the present circumstances:

If a civil war was not inevitable, then explain how the military and this administration are going to get past the fact that this “false flag” President has fired over 200+ military command officers?

And there is a second important question:

Why have 14 state governors restructured their respective state military organizations so that they are not under the control of Obama?

A Military Rebellion Is Unavoidable

Whenever 200+ leaders of any organization are fired in a short period of time, the person doing the firing has formed a group which opposes them. These military leaders had great influence and close ties over those that they have commanded. Obama just did not fire over 200+ military commanders, he alienated, tens if not hundreds of thousands of military personnel who based their professional loyalty to their military commanders and they will resist their foreign born Commander-In-Chief as a result of this betrayal of trust.

This is not a question of some of us in the media who desire for this happen. We have no say in the matter. And father time is defeating many of us, as several of us are too old to fight and too fat to run! It is not up to us as these conditions, which are ripe for a civil war, were forced upon our nation by Obama and his handlers.

Some Questions for the Fence-Sitting Sheep

Do you not think the executive officers under the command of the fired military leaders understood the issues behind the firing of their commanding officers? Was not the entire command structure in Afghanistan alienated from Obama when McChrystal was fired, largely over rules of engagement? Do you not think that all service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan understand that this buffoon of a President increases their chances of not coming home alive, because of Obama’s treasonous rules of engagement which endangers American soldiers? Do you not think that if many of us in the alternative media can find evidence of a massive Russian troop buildup, including the presence of Russian heavy equipment on our soil, that the military is not already resentful of the fact that they have to wet nurse these future martial law enforcing troops and that they are from a nation that has repeatedly threatened to nuke America in the past 15 months? Do you think  our military commanders are looking forward to the participation of Chinese and Russian soldiers in the upcoming RIMPAC war games? Do you not think that the upper echelon of the military is not scared to death that in a time of civil unrest, or civil war, that we have 200,000 troops, stationed in foreign countries, who will not likely get home? Do you think the Generals in the Pentagon do not know the commanders in Afghanistan, or Iraq? Do you not think there are not close personal relationships in and among our military leaders stationed around the world and there is not an overall awareness in the military that the President is playing for the other side? Do you sheep really believe that the next time our noncommissioned officers send another young American home in a body bag because of the President’s rules of engagement, that the resentment towards this administration does not grow exponentially? Do you not think that present active duty personnel do not hear from their veteran friends who have come back home, that the Obama administration now refers to veterans, in DHS documents, as domestic terrorists and that Obama is going after their guns because he fears them? If we can find out about Obama’s fake birth certificate and his anti-American sentiment, do you not think that our troops have not learned these lessons a long time ago? Most American military commanders are loyal to each other and have been trained to risk their lives on behalf of their fellow soldiers. Why do you think that when someone from the executive branch flies into Afghanistan, that the troops must be disarmed because of previous shooting incidents? Does anyone really believe that our military enjoys sleeping with the enemy? And who do you think they blame? After considering all of these facts, do you sheep still believe that it will not take much provocation to get the troops to act against the modern day KGB in America (i.e. DHS)? Hell, even Ray Charles could see this is fertile breeding ground for a civil war! If this was Stalinist Russia, these military officers would have been shot in the back of the head. Fortunately for these 200+ deposed military commanders, our modern communications system would make it impossible for Obama to purge the military in the same manner as Stalin did without incurring the ire of an entire nation. However, the end result is the same. The military is being purged because it will not act against the American people and you can take that to the bank. The best we can hope for in the present set of circumstances, is a military coup and that, my friends, never ends well and I lose sleep over this possibility. If we do not change course, our greatest fears will be realized because the sides are already drawn and it will not be long until all hell breaks loose across our country.

An Epic Struggle Is Taking Shape

In one corner, we have the DHS led federal agencies accompanied by their muscle; the Chinese, the Russians and the Canadians. If this group prevails in the upcoming struggle, Mao will have to forfeit his title as the most murderous dictator in world history. There are members of the NWO who do not want two stones left together in this country. They want as many of us to die as possible (see the Georgia Guide Stones). They want to leave no trail of the traditional American notions of freedom and independence because these notions are a formidable roadblock to the lethal scientific dictatorship being installed on this planet. Americans are in the crosshairs of history. American Christians will soon become the most hunted game on the planet because we represent freedom, autonomy and obedience to God’s laws and not blind obedience to the dictates of genocidal leaders. In our corner, the other corner, we have a large segment of the American military and some of the American citizenry, largely veterans, who will oppose the attempts to finalize the tyranny being installed across the planet.  This is an all-stakes, winner-take-all battle. Soon, even the sheep are going to be forced to choose sides.

No Pleasant Alternatives

The coming conflict will not have a good outcome no matter who wins. If the military and the American citizens prevail, all we will likely accomplish is to replace one brutal dictatorship with another. If the other side wins, there is nowhere that will be safe. All of us will become, by definition, an endangered species.

Fourteen Governors Have Acquired Some Temporary Courage Against Tyranny

I have previously written that I have recently spoken with a high ranking military officer who was fired because he would not help DHS to completely control a fully integrated state-to-state national guard organization. He was unwilling to voluntarily hand the keys to the car to a communist such as Obama whom he perceived as someone who was dedicated to the destruction of this country. This officer’s resolve was shocking, but now I understand why. In retrospect, he was lucky that he was only fired. Why has DHS armed to the teeth? The answer is simple, Obama is facing opposition to not only his failed policies like Obamacare and he is facing the possibility of organized military resistance at the state level in several locations. There is presently an armed uprising directed at him by the select governors of 14 different states and that number is continuing to grow. To the previous point I raised as to why Obama is moving to nationalize the National Guard Forces, the answer is simple. Fourteen governors are militarily organizing against Obama. States such as Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana and South Carolina, are saying no to the increasing level of tyranny. These state military entities have been structured in such a way that they cannot become federalized. This is highly significant because the vast amount of federal/DHS resources used to federalize local police forces is now being undermined in these 14 states.

Obama Is Not Just Facing An Armed Rebellion From the Military

Fourteen state governors have reestablished State Defense Forces which includes any and all militias and the national guard. The authority over these troops does not rest with the President and he is furious. Obviously, these 14 governors are talking and planning amongst each other because their actions are so uniform and have happened in such a narrow time frame, that their actions are clearly an act of insubordination to Obama. In 14 states, the 10th Amendment still has life. These actions by the 14 governors are one short step away from armed rebellion. I am confident that any and all attempts on the part of the Hessian troops on American soil to move against dissident Americans and to enforce martial law will be militarily opposed in these 14 states. When will 14 governors militarily opposed to Obama become 30, become 40? I cannot overstate how significant this development is. We are “One shot heard around the world” from all hell breaking lose.

Conclusion

It is clear that the peoples’ closest elected representatives have had enough of this criminal organization as have our military. All citizens in the 36 states who are not militarily rising up against Obama, need to demand the same actions from their respective governors. Obama cannot act against a nation that is unified against him. However, this does mean that the bankers will push for WWIII to bring about their desired result if an internal takeover of America cannot be accomplished.

There is even a third wild card factor that has not been discussed anywhere in the media. Does anyone really think that the military industrial complex supports Obama’s desire to bring down the American military? Will the conquering hordes of Chinese and Russian troops allow these capitalist pigs to make as much as they are under the existing system?

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MY Answer and comments to the question: 

I would very much prefer a less violent solution. I have always preferred political, social, and legal solutions to these problems. I am not trying to fool myself into thinking that it won't come to violence at some point, but I think we can head off a full blown civil war with the power that the people still have which is contained in the Grand Jury and the Petit Jury.  I fully believe that if it were not for vast resistance on the part of patriots nation wide over the last 10 years, we would already be slaves.

In order to understand that power you will have to do a little study. Here are some links.

Grand Jury power and the basis it rests on.

http://www.paulstramer.net/2013/12/the-grand-jury-answer-for-corruption-in.html

How we might implement the Standing Grand Jury of We The People
http://www.paulstramer.net/2014/01/its-time-to-take-power-away-from.html

The mechanism to implement this is contained in the Writ of Mandamus. See how it is being used in the State of New York as we speak.
http://www.paulstramer.net/2014/01/its-time-to-take-power-away-from.html

Here is how to exercise your power as a juror at the local level.
http://www.paulstramer.net/2009/12/juries-can-stop-runaway-government-you.html

I am saying that with proper understanding we don't have to elect anyone, pass new laws, finance any campaigns, or spend lots of money on political action, but we do need to educate the people as to what their power really is. We need them to understand their 4 votes in our system. 
1.  The Ballot box
2. The Grand Jury box
3. The Trial Jury box
4. The Cartridge box

When is it time to fight?  http://www.paulstramer.net/2009/09/when-is-it-time-to-fight.html

What can you do to help?

1. You can help spread this article far and wide. Send the link. Print it and hand it out. Do everything you can     think of to get people involved.
   Here is the permanent link to this article:
    http://www.paulstramer.net/2014/01/which-do-you-prefer-civil-war-or-world.html
2. You can study these issues and follow all the links in these articles until you understand them thoroughly.
    Then tell your friends and neighbors about their jury power.
3. We do NOT need to wait. We have this power NOW!  If you are called for jury duty, by all means try to     get on the jury, then educate your fellow jurors about their power to judge the law as well as the facts.
4. Visit the Fully Informed Jury website here and get your jurors handbook.
     http://fija.org/
5.  Find your local chapter of the Oathkeepers national organization and join: www.oathkeepers.org
6. Visit and promote the sheriffs across the country who have taken a stand against tyranny and support them here:  http://www.cspoa.org/
7. Tell your sheriff to form up a posse, and tell your governor to form up a state guard under his         own control.  Tell the Sheriff to start with all those in your county that have a concealed carry         permit, and then call all the veterans and get them in the posse.
8. Tell your sheriff to reject all federal funds and repudiate their control over his department.
   He works FOR YOU, not the feds. If it takes numbers to convince him then go in numbers.

REPORT: Jury Rights Billboard Campaign Infuriates Prosecutors

Published on Nov 7, 2013

WASHINGTON DC | A new billboard in Washington, DC is causing controversy with its call to jurors, informing them of their right to jury nullification. The illuminated advertisment appears at the Judiciary Square Metro Station in the nation's capitol.

The billboards say "Good Jurors Nullify Laws" and "You have the right to 'hang' the jury with your vote if you cannot agree with other jurors." It is in an area where jurors pass on their way to federal courtrooms.

This has upset prosecutors, who believe widespread practice of jury nullification could lower their conviction rate. In courts around the country, government lawyers are asking judges to instruct jurors to judge just the facts in a case to determine guilt and innocence.

Jury nullification allows a juror to judge not just the facts in a case, but the legal basis of the law as well. Jurors have found defendants innocent of crimes throughout western history based on the law being unjust.

The billboards went up in October, and a fury erupted almost immediately.

The controversial ads were designed by graphic artist James Babb. The Philadelphia native organized a fund-raising campaign that collected $3,000 to run the advertisements. Babb is now placing similar ads near courtrooms in cities around the nation.

James Babb is our guest on the show today. He is here to talk to us about his ad campaign, the history and rise of the jury nullification movement, and opposition to his ads.

Found here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHwSa2YMx8

The People Still Have the Power, IF They Know Their Power

Billboard advocating jury nullification concerns local prosecutors

This should be happening all over the country, and when it does, the bad law goes away.

You have to see this picture of the billboard that appeared in the Washington Post yesterday morning.

Our own Fully Informed Jury Association had a big hand in making this happen.

If the people just knew their power we could take this country back, and the prosecutors are frantic to stop this because it takes their power to enforce bad law away and hands it back to the people where it belongs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/metro-billboard-advocating-jury-nullification-concerns-local-prosecutors/2013/10/29/fe53edbc-3da9-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html

Jury nullification is one of the great safeguards against tyranny that our founders put in our supreme law, The US Constitution.  Read more at  www.juryrights.info

You have 4 votes in the system.  The voting booth, the grand jury, the trial jury, and the cartridge box.

By using the first three, maybe we can avoid having to use that last one.

Go to the following links on this blog to get the full information on how to stop runaway government using your jury rights.

http://www.paulstramer.net/2009/12/juries-can-stop-runaway-government-you.html

http://www.paulstramer.net/2009/12/grand-jury-solution-to-government.html

http://www.paulstramer.net/2009/12/grand-jury-idea-whose-time-has-come.html

http://www.paulstramer.net/2012/10/major-victory-for-jury-nullification.html

When the people wake up and realize their power the bad laws get nullified and eventually, like the alcohol prohibition laws, they will get taken off the books. The government goons know this, and that is why they try to discredit juries at every turn. They want the judges to hear and decide all the cases. Many judges have been bought and paid for by corrupt government.

YOU HAVE THE POWER to stop this when you are on a jury.

This is the REAL OBAMA !

----- Original Message -----

From: Basil Fishbone

Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:27 PM

Subject: Obama Justifies FEMA Imprisonment Of Civilians!

Commentary by Rachel Maddow.

Maddow was very nice to Ron Paul... and she's right on again with this.   Rachel is on the "civil libertarian left", and I think she illustrates the need to be open to communication and cooperation against which certainly appears to be an impending tyranny right here at home.   The Powers that Be want us to be fighting each other, not them.   ~Basil

Obama Justifies FEMA Imprisonment Of Civilians!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9NCZP_fbU&feature=player_embedded

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Get your guns, then put you in jail. That is what he wants.

How long will it be until he says something like, well, we just can't afford to keep all these people in jail, so we have to get rid of them.

They know that juries can stop their lawlessness! So they want to eliminate the whole messy thing of a trial, and a jury, and just be able to put you away at their whim.

The founders would have been done by now!

Jury Nullification Continues to Gain Traction Across the United States

Currently FIJA bills have been introduced in Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and South Dakota.

The most important of all the Bill of Rights is the 7th Amendment.

" In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."

http://theintelhub.com/2012/10/13/jury-nullification-continues-to-gain-traction-across-the-united-states/

This means that government must bring its case before a jury of The People if government wants to deprive any person of life, liberty, or property.  Jurors can say no to government tyranny by refusing to convict.

http://www.juryrights.info

Major Victory for Jury Nullification

From JG Vibes, via LewRockwell.com, we learn of another case of successful jury nullification -- this time in Minnesota. A man charged with violating the state's restrictions on raw milk sales was acquitted in what he and his supporters called a victory for consumer freedom.

Over the past two years, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has illegally raided Alvin's van, warehouse, and farm resulting in the multiple charges that were decided upon in court last week. Technically, Alvin was guilty of breaking the laws in question, even though the laws are totally ridiculous and unjust. Luckily this jury was informed about the process of jury nullification, and their legal right to rule in favor of the accused for breaking unjust laws.

According to the Fully Informed Jury Association "Minnesota has long had highly visible FIJA Activists volunteering their time and efforts to educate every potential juror in Minnesota about the right of the people to veto bad laws through the use of the Juror Veto, or, as it is commonly called, Jury Nullification. As laws become more and more invasive, punitive, and draconian, prison populations become more and more peopled by harmless, productive people, who have harmed no other person. Jurors can stop the enforcement of bad laws. Jurors have stopped bad laws since freedom of religion was defended by jurors, and by later jurors who refused to enforce slavery. We, the owners of all government, retain the peaceful, lawful right to refuse to enforce bad laws made by some judge or politician. Courageous jurors have always stood firm -- for the human rights of their families and neighbors -- by refusing to sanction bad laws. The right of the People to drink the milk of their choice, and to feed their children healthy foods, is a human right."

This news comes just weeks after a jury in New Hampshire dropped felony marijuana cultivation charges against a Rastafarian man because they believed that punishing him for the offense would be unjust. Hopefully what we are seeing is a trend, and as more people become informed about jury nullification there will be less nonviolent people put in cages for breaking unjust laws.

From the CATO institute, Tad DeHaven tells us about the "No More Solyndras Act" charade. The House of Representatives recently passed the "No More Solyndras Act" on a mostly party-line vote. However, instead of terminating the Department of Energy loan guarantee program that subsidized Solyndra and other boondoggles, the bill allows applicants who filed before the first of this year to still receive handouts.

READ MORE HERE:
http://news.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/10/01/tenther-news-10-01-12/

We the people still have the Power!

You say you don't believe it? Well just read the article put up on the Oathkeepers website. Read this email and then click the link below and read the rest of the article. We have been saying this for years.

http://www.juryrights.info/

This article by Stewart Rhodes pretty well ties it up for juries having the power to stop government cold in it's tracks when government agents are persecuting private citizens.

http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2011/04/24/guerrilla-jurors-sticking-it-to-leviathan/

A True Grand Jury. Why don't we have one in Montana?

The ruling class are scared to death that you will find out about this power you have and start using it against their ability to abuse their power.

Let a Thousand 'Rogue' Grand Juries Bloom!


http://lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w235.html


"The Fifth Amendment specifies that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury...." A "presentment" is essentially a proprio motu indictment delivered by a grand jury without approval of a government prosecutor."


""Today, the grand jury is the total captive of the prosecutor, who, if he is candid, will concede that he can indict anybody, at any time, for almost anything, before any grand jury," wrote federal District Judge William J. Campbell in a 1973 law journal article calling for formal abolition of the institution on the grounds of redundancy. This isn't to say that the grand jury is considered useless by the prosecutorial caste: It helps maintain the pretense that prosecutors are servants of the public will. "

http://lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w235.html


After reading this you should go to www.juryrights.info 
and get your copy of the Jury Rights Handbook, and the Citizens Rule Book.

The most important Bill in Montana this session!

Fully Informed Jury Bill  HB - 332  Most important bill of this session bar none!

Full Text Here:

 http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billpdf/HB0332.pdf

 

or here:  http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billhtml/HB0332.htm

 

This is one of the most, if not THE most important bill to be introduced this session.

Why?  Because we are always told that if we don't like what government is doing we can just "vote them out" in the next election.

How many of you believe that really works? Don't you feel mostly helpless after voting? The judges know that.

 

How many of us were NOT told that we have actually 3 votes in our system of government, and that We the People are on the TOP of the order of government under our creator?

 

What are those votes?

1. The Ballot box

2. The Grand Jury box

3. The Trial Jury box

Some might add a 4th:  The Cartridge Box

 

We must understand that to protect our rights and the rights of our fellow residents of this state and our counties we DO NOT need to elect any candidates, or pass any huge volume of laws, or spend a lot of money, or create any huge campaigns.

All we need to do is use what is already within our power. All we need to do is make sure that everyone understands the power we already have above. The jurors during prohibition understood this and refused to convict and the law was removed.

 

If you have never seen any explanation of these principles already embodied in our history and laws then you need to go to http://www.redwhiteandbluebox.com/ and get the video called "The Fully Informed Jury" by Montana's own Martin "Red" Beckman.

You can also watch this on our website in Youtube sections here:  http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/jury.html

 

Some judges and some prosecutors are going to scream bloody murder over this bill. They don't want the juries to know their power because the jurors will then not be under the power of manipulation of government agents. Think about it. Judges get paid by who?

 

Knowledge is power, and knowing the truth is the only real knowledge.  Know the truth about your right to judge the law as well as the facts in any case you are called to be a juror on. Even without this new code you have the power to do all these things, but this will make it mandatory that judges and prosecutors make sure you actually understand your rights as jurors. This is the 4th check and balance in our system of government and it always was there, but we have been hoodwinked into believing we don't have it.

Call me for more information at 800 889 2839 

You can go to our Jury rights website and get our newsletter on these subjects and download your Jury Rights handbook here: http://www.juryrights.info/  There is no charge.

Paul Stramer

 

Support this bill by sending this letter to every member of the committee and everyone you know in Montana and ask them to do the same. Get their addresses at the bottom of this letter.

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After shaking the shields over the opposition to SB-114, the Sheriffs First bill, coming right up is a very supportive bill which will hand the people's judicial power back over to the people themselves, where it should have remained all these years since the founding. This is the bill to liberate the 12-person Jury with the full power to judge the law as well as the facts in a courtroom trial, and this bill can deepen Montana's claim to autonomous sovereignty. Roger Roots, attorney, is a member in leadership at the Fully Informed Jury Association. Attorney Roots has written Montana's "Fully Informed Jury" bill, House Bill - 332.


A couple of lines from that bill -

(1) The legislature recognizes that the authority for trial jurors to judge the law as well as the facts provides protection for freedom and is consistent with the historic intent for the right to jury trial and that jurors may not be prevented from, punished for, or excluded for knowing about or exercising this historic prerogative.

(2) In all jury trials, the parties have the right to argue to the jurors that a law is unconstitutional, is unconstitutional as applied, or should be nullified for any other reason. Upon request by a party, the court in any jury trial shall inform the jurors that the jurors may judge both the facts and the law in the case. Denial of the instruction is reversible error.

(3) In all criminal trials, the court shall inform the jurors that the jurors may vote their conscience to acquit an accused in spite of technical guilt. Denial of the instruction is reversible error.

HB-332 will ensure those aspects of our self-governance are protected more than ever in Montana code.


Montana's liberty leadership is gaining a fine momentum. Here is some ammo for our side in the battle for freedom. Details for the hearing Wednesday, February 02, 2011, are at bottom of article. My salute to Dr. Ed Berry of PolyMontana for the venue.


http://polymontana.com/2011/01/31/the-first-branch-and-hb-332/


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The Soap Box, The Ballot Box, The Cartridge Box, and the Jury Box

Play this short movie first.

http://www.fairplay.org/jury/index.html

Then see this article for the whole story.

http://www.fairplay.org/jury/whitepaper.html

Then watch Red Beckman on your Jury Rights.

http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/jury.html

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Truth brings Tyranny for FIJA activists.

If this doesn't make you mad you need more Education about your rights.

FIJA activists harassed, threatened in Philadelphia

April 10, 9:53 AMLibertarian News ExaminerGarry Reed



News from the Liberterrain…

"If you get too close to me with that camera I'll take it out of your hand and ram it down your throat." –Law enforcement officer during a peaceful FIJA outreach event in Philadelphia.

 See the article here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-26370-Libertarian-News-Examiner~y2010m4d10-FIJA-activists-harassed-threatened-in-Philadelphia

THE PROBLEM and THE SOLUTION

The Problem is Corruption!


Here is the Solution!  THE PEACEMAKERS are at work!



They are working for you! They are working for Liberty, and Freedom.

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Sarah Palin's Most Important Act as Governor of Alaska?

Frank Turney with then Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Sept. 5th 2008


Special Thanks to jury activist and executive director of the American Jury Institute, Iloilo Jones, for requesting a jury rights day proclamation from Governor Sarah Palin.

WHEREAS, September 5, 2008, will mark the 338th anniversary of the day when the jury, in the trial of William Penn, refused to convict him of violating England’s Conventicle Acts, despite clear evidence that he acted illegally by preaching a Quaker sermon to his congregation.

WHEREAS, by refusing to apply what they determined was an unjust law, the Penn jury not only served justice, but provided a basis for the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, religion, and peaceable assembly.
WHEREAS, September 5th, 2008, also commemorates the day when four of Penn’s jurors began nine weeks of incarceration for finding him not guilty. Their later release and exoneration established forever the English and American legal doctrine that it is the right and responsibility of the trial jury to decide on matters of law and fact.

WHEREAS, the Sixth and Seventh Amendments are included in the Bill of Rights to preserve the right to trial by jury, which in turn conveys upon the jury the responsibility to defend, with its verdict, all other individual rights enumerated or implied by the U.S. Constitution, including its Amendments.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim September 5, 2008, as: Jury Rights Day in Alaska, in recognition of the integral role the jury, as an institution, plays in our legal system.

Frank says:

Our founding fathers gave us trial by jury to check and balance government laws, whether they come from Congress or your own state legislator. For the past 16 years Frank has been informing and educating Alaskans, young and old, about our rights and responsibilities when sitting on a jury. Judges excuse jurors in the event a juror admits he knows his jury nullification rights. As a juror, you have the right to judge the laws and the facts. Frank is also educating people about the true use of the Grand Jury - not only indictment, but the lesser known second function: presentment.

For Frank Turney's Story go here:
http://www.votefrankturney.com/ft12.html
You can not be accused of Jury tampering if you are educating registered voters who are not jurors yet.

But does the jury's power to veto bad laws exist under our Constitution?

It certainly does! At the time the Constitution was written, the definition of the term "jury" referred to a group of citizens empowered to judge both the law and the evidence in the case before it. Then, in the February term of 1794, the Supreme Court conducted a jury trial in the case of the State of Georgia vs. Brailsford1. The instructions to the jury in the first jury trial before the Supreme Court of the United States illustrate the true power of the jury. Chief Justice John Jay said: "It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision." (emphasis added) "...you have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy".

So you see, in an American courtroom there are in a sense twelve judges in attendance, not just one. And they are there with the power to review the "law" as well as the "facts"! Actually, the "judge" is there to conduct the proceedings in an orderly fashion and maintain the safety of all parties involved.
As recently as 1972, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that the jury has an " unreviewable and irreversible power... to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge. (US vs Dougherty, 473 F 2d 1113, 1139 (1972)

Or as this same truth was stated in a earlier decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Maryland: "We recognize, as appellants urge, the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by the judge, and contrary to the evidence. This is a power that must exist as long as we adhere to the general verdict in criminal cases, for the courts cannot search the minds of the jurors to find the basis upon which they judge. If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic of passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.
US vs Moylan, 417 F 2d 1002, 1006 (1969)

These quotes are from the Juror's Handbook, found here:
http://www.fija.org/docs/JG_Jurors_Handbook.pdf

WHEN LAW BECOMES THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION

By Attorney Jonathan Emord

January 18, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

As a general rule, where law advances, freedom retreats. A nation possessed of a never ending complex of laws proscribing conduct cannot be a free state or, if new to the journey, a free state for long. We are becoming a nation noteworthy for its abundance of regulation, a massive labyrinth of law so constricting that it suffocates nascent businesses before they can compete in the market and forces out of the market all but those who can afford the lawyers, accountants, and risk managers necessary to stay ahead of the inventive agency heads or members of Congress.

If grave stones dotted the landscape for every business that has succumbed due to over-regulation, we would see the following content engraved on hundreds of thousands of them: Here lies Business X that died from regulatory strangulation at a very young age.

When federal regulations prohibit or channel nearly every commercial activity, it requires an extensive legal education just to understand what can and cannot be done. Such regulation depends on prior restraint and vastly exceeds common knowledge. When seemingly innocuous behavior is criminalized, the innocent become criminals. Federal and state regulations now achieve that end.
Read the Article here:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Emord/jonathan114.htm

Read the solution here:
http://www.fija.org/