Breaking: Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details

TechDirt.com ^ | 12/08/2011

[dmartin]

Thank you for the reply.

[TheConservator]

One thing that should happen: Someone needs to file a bar complaint against the attorney(s) who falsely represented that secret extensions had been granted.

[TheConservator]

One thing that should happen: Someone needs to file a bar complaint against the attorney(s) who falsely represented that secret extensions had been granted.

[brityank]

Here's something that will help.

I'm sure that a lot of you will piss and moan that "But they're affiliated with those benighted commies | socialisats | Soros | et al - and dismiss it out-of-hand. I ask you to reconsider, as it seems to be the only chance to prevent unlawful government actions like this, or the wrongful decisions made by the courts in many of the cases brought by 'fake people'.

 

Amendment

Section 1 [A corporation is not a person and can be regulated]

The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only.

Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.

The privileges of artificial entities shall be determined by the People, through Federal, State, or local law, and shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.

Section 2 [Money is not speech and can be regulated]

Federal, State and local government shall regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own contributions and expenditures, for the purpose of influencing in any way the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure.

Federal, State and local government shall require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed.

The judiciary shall not construe the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.

Section 3

Nothing contained in this amendment shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.

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As MoveToAmend states on their site, this not only will shut down corporations acting as a Man before the Bar but also any group that is incorporated for their own reasons - unions, non-profits, not-for-profits, charities, those favored by lawyers LLPs, etc.

It doesn't prevent any real person from anything, but it does shut down the incestuous marriage of corporate privilege and human rights in our society -- as I believe our Founders envisioned.

(ping to some folks I know care more for the rights of the messenger than for the message ;^) )

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[MurrietaMadman]

I make it easy for them and use my real name.

Murrieta Madman was a huge clue. I like agencies and others to earn their money, no matter how easy it is for them.

[Praxeologue]

Among the comments to the article is one that identifies the forum, whether or not accurately, as the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. Another poster states that the blog's lawyer should have applied to the Ninth Circuit for a writ of mandamus. Also, only the ICE staff lawyer, not a court official, made reference to the extensions, so there may never have been any. Meanwhile, the relevant statute of limitations may have conveniently run.

On the other topic, FR should long ago have tunneled to an offshore VPN for hosting.

[Karliner]

Some of the electrons were rumored to have entered the country illegally...

Ha ha made me laugh. And what of the free electrons that allegedly have their own constitution? Surely ICE wouldn't couldn't...

[Karliner]

Oops maybe “Free Radicals” have no authority, okay time to crack open the physics books and see wherein this lies in the constitution.

[PapaNew]

I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

"The scariest words in the English language" - Ronald Reagan.

[SunkenCiv]

The only chance to prevent unlawful government actions like this is to remove all protection from companies owned by more than one person? Yeah, that makes sense.

[brityank]

The only chance to prevent unlawful government actions like this is to remove all protection from companies owned by more than one person? Yeah, that makes sense.

Yes it does - as the "protections" of which you allude are not privileges granted by governments but rather rights of Man usurped by unconstitutional machinations of our judicial and legislative and executive branches. Capich?

[EDINVA]

Thanks! That is great info. Back in the mid-80s, as C-SPAN was taking root, someone proposed that as Members spoke, their relationships to the bill being discussed should be on a banner on the screen. Obviously, that came to naught, but I thought it was a good idea then and still think it’s a good idea today.

I can see why so many CA Members especially are involved with this. Remember, when Sonny Bono came to Congress, no one could figure out why he (of all people) wanted to be on the Judiciary Committee. Well, duh. Copyrights meant something to him personally.

This ‘secret court’ business, tho is VERY disturbing. It has its place for real terrorism, but I don’t see its necessity for copyrights. It would help if the courts were more efficient, tho they don’t have power over pirates from India, Thailand, etc. who have their products on the street the very day of a new release.

[gaijin]

Great post, and we really SHOULD be concerned.

But somehow I couldn’t feel a certain satisfaction, with hip-hop fans decrying over-reach by Holder’s DOJ, you know?

They’re screaming so loudly that they almost seem....white...?

Can I look for you at the next Nascar event?

And what, Mr. HipHop, do you think when men slap billy-clubs into gloved fists on Election Day..?

[Alas Babylon!]

Understand the court may be legal, but how are alleged copyright violations a matter for a Foreign Intelligence court?

[GeronL]

FR will be one of the first to go when the time comes. It will the sign we need to take up arms to defend ourselves.

[boxlunch]

Now, put this in the context of recent legislation to make the CONUS a designated military theater of operations so that the govt can take into custody or assassinate people living inside our borders. It will all be done in secret. They won’t even tell you they have them, and they will hold them as long as they want without trial. It will be illegal and they won’t care. Secret police type of govt is coming down on us real soon. =========================

When was this passed, and what is the name of the legislation, where can we read more about this?

[Haddit]

That is what this is all about, Free Speech. Free Republic does not have to register in an off-shore country, we will fight to keep it that way.

[Haddit]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2814517/posts
U.S. Congress enacts laws to hold civilians under indefinite military detention without trial
Asian Tribune ^ | December 1st 2011 | Daya Gamage
Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:42:41 PM by Cardhu
Under Sections 1031and 1032 of the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2012, the United States Congress has proposed to give the Department of Defense the explicit power to take civilians into military custody, detain them indefinitely with no charges or trial.

[SaraJohnson]

Every time we give the Federal government more unconstitutional power in the name of keeping us safe in a war on terror, they use that power in any way they want against American citizens. It has nothing to do with preventing terror nor with capturing terrorists.

If our government and politicans were REALLY concerned about blocking terrorists, they would at least secure the border so they can not freely travel into the country and attack us.

We lost our freedom in this war on terror and we have been divided and conquered; socially and economically by our politicans and government. The terrorists won. Our political elite and their business pals are totally dishonorable; treasonous.