Bringing light to injustice in the
United States justice system
A Just Cause
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bringing light to injustice in the United States justice system."
It has been well documented in recent years that there is growing concern over blatant corruption in the justice system of this country. From judges totally ignoring the constitution and violating citizen rights, to prosecutors using their office to further their own personal agendas. This span across all jurisdictions be it local, state, or federal.
This situation is of even greater concern to the common man when it seems that large corporations have access to these institutions and become above the law and convince the legal system to criminalize anyone who tries to use the civil process for fairness and justice. Think about it, when was the last time you’ve seen or heard of any major news outlet cover judicial and/or prosecutorial misconduct at the federal level? Most large news organizations are ran by big corporations and those corporations have big friends.
It has long been said in America that, "there is one legal system for the rich and another legal system for the poor." It has further been stated, “if you have enough money, you can buy justice." Or maybe you have heard of the Golden Rule, “He who has the gold makes the rules”. With that in mind the only thing left for the common man is to plea bargain because he/she does not have gold you better follow the rules.
A Just Cause is a nonprofit organization supported by contributions of caring individuals who believe that there truly should be equal justice for all. And one way to get justice is to shine the light of truth on what the justice system is really about.
A Just Cause was established to help level the playing field for men and women facing the worst of what our justice system has to offer. A Just Cause believes that there shouldn't be a caste system in a country that boasts equal justice for all when many innocent people find themselves accused and convicted of crimes they are innocent of. Therefore, A Just Cause will provide assistance by being a voice against injustice.
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may 08, 2012 07:01pm
Color of Justice in America
If you ask most people what is the color of justice in America they will probably say white, implying a reference to social justice based upon the majority ethnic population in our country. But, if ask them to give an answer with reference to the courts system, they would have to say the real color of justice is green, as ascribed to the 'greenbacks' of United States Treasury Notes – money.
Anyone with experience in the courts system in America has seen the rich and well-connected get much more just outcomes than the poor. The considered opinion of this author is that justice truly has color, but it is the color of power; whatever color that happens to be at the time and place where justice is to be determined.
Justice in America is guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America, at the outset it reads:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Justice is defined in the dictionary as 'the quality of being fair and reasonable'. This is a concept that involves all people getting what they deserve. Of course, the dispensation of the guarantee of justice by the U.S. Constitution is placed in the hands of the courts system. And, this is where things begin to fall apart, and morph into something quite perverse as to be completely estranged from the U.S. Constitution. In a sense the Constitution shows a portrait of intentions and promises, but the behavior of the courts established by it reveals a track record of man’s basic nature – power and rulership at the expense of others.
In 1845, Manifest Destiny was penned by John O'Sullivan, a democrat leader and editor of the New York newspaper The Morning Post, writing "It is...our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty". In his writing on Manifest Destiny, O'Sullivan was expressing the long held belief that white Americans had a God-given right to occupy the entire North American continent.
Manifest Destiny has resulted in the reduction of the Native American population from 100% when the pilgrims first landed, to 10%, today according to the U.S. Census of 2010. Those statistics are closer to genocide than justice. And, when the Union North dispossessed the lands formerly held by the Rebel South during the time of civil war in America, they didn’t apportion the euphemistic 40 acres and mule to the 4 million newly homeless Americans, they gave it to the rich railroad owners to continue their expansion westward.
In his book, Reforging The White Republic: Race, Religion, And American Nationalism, 1865 - 1898, Edward J. Blum eloquently illustrates how the Union North with the help of their churches debated among themselves how to reconcile their white brothers of the Rebel South back into the fold, vice healing and binding up the wounds inflicted on the poor miserable victims of slavery.
The pillars of slavery had upheld America for 200 years and ushered in the industrial revolution. But, the just and fair treatment of those poor miserable creatures was not yet sanctioned under the U.S. Constitution. Historically, the theory of justice for all, promised by the U.S. Constitution has rarely been practice in our country. Justice has always been a luxury item that the poor has rarely been able to purchase. But, for the rich, powerful, and well-connected it is expected in practice, pomp, and circumstance.
Looking at the heritage of America in this way begs a simple question…Should the poor people of America expect elected and appointed officials to uphold the Constitution of the United States, or is this only an expectation of the rich? If the answer is 'yes', then to what degree should these officials uphold their righteous charter, to encompass 10% of their actions; to 50%, or 100%...? What kind of behavior do we – the poor -- expect of judges that rule the courts system like sovereign dukes and duchesses ruling the dominion of their provinces?
Judges - Dukes of the Realm
According to Wikipedia, a duke (male) or duchess (female) can be either a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch. In the Middle Ages the title signified first among the Germanic monarchies.
Dukes were the rulers of the provinces, cities and the highest-ranking peers of the king. In this light, the nature of the position, as appointed by the highest ranking ruler in America, the mindset of most judges is revealed. No matter what their alma mater, pedigree, and credentials, at some point the basic nature of man kicks in. After all there is a rich historical precedent –and by extension, justification --for their king-like behaviors.
In the bible it says at 2 Samuel 23:3, 'The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.' If a man or women is accountable to no one, as is the case for the position of Federal Judge in America, what constrains her from doing whatsoever she desires to do? Only the love, or conscience and conviction of an individual constrain their actions. Most of us refer to this as moral character.
But, there are also external forces putting pressure on judges, as well. It is the external forces in society and the political climate that determines the justice meted out in courts today. Indeed, this has always been the case in America. The least we can do as citizens is push for term limits in any judicial appointment. Perhaps, by doing this we can get lady justice to put her blindfold back on, repair her broken scales so they can balance evenly, and let her sword fall where it may.
Now this in my opinion is getting out of control! CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory. The question is what for? The FBI likes to create bogeymen that bring fear and the need for the US government to protect us. The more fear the citizens of this country are exposed to the less freedom those citizens enjoy. From the CNET report "The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance." What this amounts to is the FBI wanting to watchdog every potential means of communication possible of "free" citizens. In the country where free speech was born now that government wants to see every thing being said under the guise of a wire tap. If you give a person the key to your car don't be surprised when they drive the car without asking.
The question one should ask is how much do you trust the FBI? The FBI right now is the only agency pushing such power to get to Congress and amend to current law. No other agency that I can find has helped craft this potential legislation. More important is that no private citizens have contacted their Congressmen to get this law updated. Maybe I missed this part in US history class but I don't think it was the design of the founding fathers to have more laws for the people crafted and championed by the government rather than its citizens. When was the last time anyone remembers laws passed that were really passed to benefit the people. Now more legislation slips by us and into law to make sure the citizens of the US are not potential bogeymen. Let us remember a few things here, communication via the internet is nothing new we have had instant messaging and what we would call today "social networking" for years (For those old enough we called it America Online). I don't ever remember any criminal organization or terrorist group using these means to mastermind their criminal enterprise. We just had reports that Osama Bin Laden was using good old fashion letters to communicate with members of his terror group. So if the FBI is given this power will it bring considerably more arrests of criminals or will it criminalize the benign conversations of a few kids online?
I say fight for your freedom. Just because my neighbor may break the law does not mean I need to be spied upon. Think about it one guy tried to set off a bomb in his shoe, which did not have enough explosive power to bring down a plane, and everyone now has to walk bare foot at the airport. But also another had a bomb in his underwear but we don't have to go commando when we board a plane. So because a potential criminal "may" use the internet to communicate we all need to give up our privacy. Do you really think a terror organization is going to use Xbox Live to plan an attack? Please contact your congressman/congresswoman to stop this foolishness!
If are a reader of this blog you would know we have been following the case against Kim Dotcom and his company Megaupload. I have always wondered in past posts how the US goverment can prosecute someone for a crime in the United States when they are not citizens or live in the US. If fact Megaupload is not even a US company! Well that fact is a huge issue with this case going forward. It was reported in a April 20th post on Torrentfreak that a trail may never happen. Megaupload was never formally served with the appropriate paperwork by the US authorities, as it is impossible to serve a foreign company with criminal charges.
The question is do you think this was an honest oversite or just a way to seriously hinder the Megaupload service. The sites servers are under threat of losing all of it's data and I doubt anyone that has used the Megaupload service will ever trust it will not be taken down again. The FBI was informed that Megaupload was not served with criminal charges, and you cannot have a trial if you have not been served. You can't be served if you live in New Zealand and are arrested by New Zealand authorities but never charged in essence with a crime.
The lawyers for Kim Dotcom cannot imagine that the US authorities were not aware for this. You would believe this is not the first time the US goverment has accused someone of a crime so how could this happen? As you can imagine Mr Dotcom is furious with the US. Kim Dotcom is furious with the US Government for destroying his businesses and rendering hundreds of people unemployed. According to Dotcom the case is the result of corruption on the highest political level, serving the interests of the copyright extremists in Hollywood.[Source: Torrentfreak]The US government has terminated Megaupload, Megavideo and 10 other subsidiaries, including a company called N1 Limited that was developing a clothing line, Dotcom told TorrentFreak.
To me it looks like mission accomplished they cannot try Megaupload in the US but you can effectivly shut them down, and they might have gotten lucky and been able to get a trial. Clients will be scared off and employees will move on. Just another day of the US resources used to handle non criminal matters
A recent report on the Kim Dotcom case shows that the government is trying, in my opinion, to damage Mr. Dotcom's defense by not allowing him access to enough funds to preserve data on Megaupload servers. Now my view is if the case is so strong against Mr. Dotcom what will it hurt for Megaupload to be able to access files stored via its service? Also wouldn't the files help the government seeing they are accusing Megaupload of having copyrighted data on their servers? Well Mr. Dotcom feels his defense would be hampered if he cannot access files that would support his position of being a legitimate service. This is just strategy by the government to help their case and not pursuing a fair, potential, trial in the US. They seem to show they are willing to do whatever they can to get Mr. Dotcom to US courts where they can control the situation to there benefit.
I don’t think I need to go over all the things surrounding the Trayvon Martin issue, but to point out that it is pure injustice. Since when is killing someone ever legal? Laws at their root are meant to protect individual rights, freedoms, and liberty. But why are the ones who are supposed to uphold the law allowed to misuse it for whatever purpose. It seems more and more people who take on jobs in law enforcement, prosecution, and the judicial system abuse the power they wield. They take upon themselves to pick and choose who the law applies to and who it does not.
But sadly justice just lies in the street, and literally for Trayvon Martin. Human life is very important and laws need to take that fact into consideration. When you distill it an unarmed child should not be dead basically in his own neighborhood because he is walking home. You know this issue would nowhere be as large as it is if at least Mr. Zimmerman was arrested and/or the details of the altercation were even half investigated. From what it looks like the Sanford police simply took a statement from Zimmerman and let him go. What witnesses were questioned, what tests where done, and what arrests were made?
What this should make every American consider is when someone bends and manipulates the law for their own personal view of how it should work and innocent citizen always will pay the price for it. And sometimes as in Trayvon’s case you pay with your life.
Well if you are Mr. Dotcom you would answer yes to the above question. Kim Dotcom was recently interviewed by Torrent Freak in which he seems very optimistic about his chances of winning his fight with the FBI. Being recently released on bail Mr. Dotcom is allowed to have a computer but forbidden from accessing the internet. But him being free is the worst thing for the FBI because it allows Mr. Dotcom the ability to fight back and find things that can help his case. As reported in a CNET article Mr. Dotcom reveals during his interview with Torrent Freak that he found a large amount of Mega accounts that were owned by officials of the U.S. government and including the Department of Justice. Well if this revelation is true it would definitely support his claims of being a legitimate business and not just a place to pirate copyrighted materials.
In fact it has also been reported that a lawsuit against the FBI is brewing among users who are categorized as legitimate users of the Megaupload service. And due to the FBI’s actions in shutting down the Megaupload servers it caused those users to be unable to access their files stored there. Who knows they may have a case. But this case seems far from over, most recently Mr. Dotcom received a victory of sorts by paper work errors which will free up a great deal of his assets now frozen since his arrest. From his stand point that is access to money that will help him fight his case, to the FBI it makes him a potential flight risk. But really where is a 6’7” 300 pound man going to hide anyway?
Recently reported the chief federal district court judge in Montana, Judge Richard Cebull is embroiled in a scandal for sorts. Reports came to light that the judge was involved in sending out a racist and sexist email to six close friends of his about President Obama.
The email, forwarded from his federal email account, insinuates that President Obama's mother could have had sex with a dog on the night he was conceived, needless to say a very vulgar and inappropriate email to be sent from a judge’s chambers. So you would expect that he would be fired or resign or sanctioned in some way correct? Well not so fast, the going understanding at this point is that removal is unlikely for Judge Cebull.
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says "It's rare and generally very difficult to force federal judges from office. They receive tenure, and the Constitution guarantees they can remain on the bench during good behavior." So was this good behavior?
From the CNN report on the issue it is not very clear on how the removal process if any is conducted or can be conducted. Judge Cebull has apologized and claims to have no racist views, but has admitted he is not a fan of the current President. The issue here is the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, a set of ethical standards published by the U.S. Judicial Conference which calls on judges "to act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary."
Currently Judge Cebull has called for peer judges in the 9th circuit to investigate his actions and determine if what he did was inappropriate and/or unethical. Really!?
The question here is what if an employee of the judge was caught sending the same email out to his friends using government computers? I would assume that employee would no longer be working at his or her current position. Judges are supposed to be valued in this country as being beyond reproach, but now we see a flaw in our system. If other judges investigate other judges does anything really get done? There have been calls for the judge’s ouster but no one believes that will ever happen. Most likely the embarrassment of the situation is as far as it will go.
The real issue as I reported in earlier posts Judges are mostly immune to media scrutiny. To put it in perspective remember all the hubbub that ensued with President Obama when he said Sgt. James Crowley acted stupidly for arresting professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for disorderly conduct. It drug out for a while there even prompting a beer summit. But in this case of Judge Cebull main stream coverage has already slowed and once is slows enough I bet the awesome power of being a judge will allow this issue to die down and be forgotten.
For those who are familiar with the IRP 6 case you will know at the heart of the case was a software solution meant for sale with the US Justice Department. But did you know that the US Justice Department has pirated software in the past and totally ignored copyright and patent laws in this country?
In the early 1990s Australia's "A Current Affair" news program aired this segment on the INSLAW scandal. For more information on INSLAW visit www.MaeBrussell.com. Go to the "Articles, excerpts, & notes" section. Also read The Last Circle in the "Other Sights" section.
Follow this link for a Primer on INSLAW to learn what happened during this ordeal.
LawlessAmerica.com, William M. Windsor, and GRIP -- Government Reform & Integrity Platform.
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GRIP -- Government Reform & Integrity Platform was created to obtain commitments from We the People that we insist on government officials who tell the truth and protection of the fundamental rights afforded by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. GRIP asks every American to make a simple commitment to this cause, and GRIP seeks to get government officials to sign a Contract with the Citizens of the United States.
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The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is the preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's 10,000-plus direct members in 28 countries - and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling more than 40,000 attorney's -- include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness within America's criminal justice system.
Recently reported the chief federal district court judge in Montana, Judge Richard Cebull is embroiled in a scandal for sorts. Reports came to light that the judge was involved in sending out a racist and sexist email to six close friends of his about President Obama. 
