Posted on 01/16/2011 4:37:12 AM PST by soakncider
January 14th, 2011 Judge John M. Roll: A True American Hero By: Richard Mack Liberty News Radio On January 8, 2011, Federal District Judge John Roll was gunned down by a maniacal coward lunatic. Since this unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy much has been said about who caused this tragedy or who may have prompted its occurrence. Some of this rhetoric bordered on the absurd. I would much rather talk about the good people who had their lives snuffed out before their time and to pay tribute to who they were and what they stood for. Certainly, a beautiful little nine year old angel, named Christina Green, deserves to have her life displayed as an example to others to learn from and enjoy. So, I will do that regarding a man who changed my life and helped alter American history; Judge John M. Roll. He was an honest man and a principled judge. He stood for what he believed was right despite the possible consequences. I met Judge Roll back in 1994, in fact, it was in his courtroom. He was the judge who first heard my lawsuit against the Clinton Administration. Judge Roll had the courage to take a strong stand against the very entity that controlled his salary and career. He actually had the audacity to tell Congress and President Clinton that they exceeded their authority when they made the Brady bill a law. I was extremely nervous when I walked into Judge Roll’s courtroom. There was a big crowd of supporters and numerous reporters and cameras outside the courthouse. Although I had been to court many times before, this was the first time…
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The word “Hero” is used far to often...
Yeah, I would agree that his actions in the case were not heroic. He did what should have been expected by any federal judge. The fact that his understanding of and reverence for the Constitution are the exception and not the norm among federal judges is what made him stand out.
What grabbed my attention was the phrase: he was willing to act against those who paid his salary in order to rule correctly. Many judges just plain aren’t willing to do that.
Normally I would wholeheartedly agree...however, after reading the entire article I believe it is an appropriate use of the term in this instance.
He had already defended me with at least two pretrial motions that he ruled on, both in my favor. The first one was the Federal Government's attempt to remove me from the case entirely by claiming I had no standing to sue them in the first place. They argued that only the county's Board of Supervisors could represent the county in such legal actions. Judge Roll said this was wrong because it was the sheriff being commandeered by the Federal Government, both officially and personally.
Next, my lawyer asked for an injunction against the government from being able to arrest me for “failure to comply.” (There was an actual provision in the Brady bill that threatened to arrest the sheriffs if we failed to comply with this unfunded mandate from Congress.) Judge Roll seemed legitimately concerned about this threat throughout the entire lawsuit. Janet Reno herself wrote a memo to the Judge and assured him that the Feds had no intention of arresting me and that the threat of arrest within the language of the Brady bill, was only intended for the gun shop owners, not the sheriffs.
Judge Roll, as he announced his decision regarding the injunction said that Janet Reno was not allowed to change the law “by fiat” nor interpret the law for Congress. “Mack's injunction is hereby granted,” the Judge said calmly and sternly.
If you still have doubts, kindly refer to Barry's recent CommieCare bill, or the misnomer, Food "Safety" Act and look at the penalties for failing to comply.
“Counselor, do not pretend in this courtroom that your statistical analysis somehow equates to constitutionality.”
Awesome!
bmk
That was great!
Being as the judge was an unannounced walk-on, I highly doubt that.
Holy Crap! Do you have a link to this story?
I actually had to do a search on Sheriff Richard Mack, as I was not involved in politics in any way, shape or form during the 90’s. Good on him!
The judge was the intended victim of the deranged assassin.
Sometimes things are what they are, nothing more or nothing less.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/john_m_roll_arizonia_shooting.html
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Roll, 63, was leaving a supermarket nearby when when he spotted Ron Barber, aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and “stopped by to say hi,” according to a spokeswoman for Giffords. A short time later, a gunman opened fire. Giffords, the apparent target, was wounded, as was Barber, her district director.
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I read in the LA Times story (I think) that someone, at the church where he was cleaning, had mentioned the rally to him. Can’t seem to access LA Times right now but when I get back later I will look for it.
No need to look. I just don’t believe he was the #1 intended victim. The shooter walked up and shot Rep. Giffords first as I read the info and to me that makes her the intended. jmo.
Hero???? I can’t see how an American hero would give illegal aliens the right to sue American citizen farmers for detaining the scum for trespassing. The guy was probably a do-gooder who got his job from political contacts.
Sheriff Mack has been heroic all his life, for sure.
Your powers of analysis are easentially nonexistant.
The judge was literally invited to his own assassination, and his assassin was a nut case that like similar nut cases in the past (Oswald, Hinckley, Sirhan, McVey) had been left free in spite of his known proclivities and indisgressions. He was aimed just like a gun, at the judge.
>> “Roll, 63, was leaving a supermarket nearby when when he spotted Ron Barber, aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and “stopped by to say hi,” according to a spokeswoman for Giffords. A short time later, a gunman opened fire. Giffords, the apparent target, was wounded, as was Barber, her district director.” <<
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That after-the-fact story is a Red Herring.
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