Magna Carta American Style

Long before the birth of the United States, there ruled many years ago in England a King who became selfish beyond tolerance of the people. Laws he made and things he did became associated with a dictatorship. When confronted for his actions by the people, he simply replied, “The law is in my mouth.”

On the morning of June 15, 1215, a group of barons and Churchmen gathered at Runnymede, staking their lives on their mission, their armed support kept well in the background. Upon his arrival, without conflict, King John signed the “Articles of the Barons”, the basis of the Magna Carta. Added to the rule of law, that document on parchment implied that this law of the land was above the King and must be honored.

The Magna Carta was studied by our Founding Fathers when penning our United States Constitution.

Our Founding Fathers also penned the Declaration of Independence, which listed their grievances of wrongful deeds by their King.

Years later, in the year 2001, those same grievances have reoccurred. But this time, it comes from our President and Congress. Indeed, American citizens are changing the original words of the Declaration of Independence to acts occurring today. Our elected federal government leaders have forgotten the Constitution of the United States.

It is time for another Magna Carta. But this time, the swords have been replaced with that Trilogy known as the Supreme Law of the Land: The Constitution of the United States, the Federalist Papers and the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Federalist Papers have been cited by the Supreme Court as a definitive document for the Constitution of the United States.

Armed with the Supreme Law of the Land, three Magna Cartas, American Style, are presented here -- One to President Bush, one to Judge Ann L. Aiken in the 9th District Federal Court in Eugene, Oregon, and one to Saundra B. Armstrong in the 9th District Federal Court in Oakland, California. Will they sign them? Only time will tell. But there is grave doubt in my mind. It appears that we have lost our court system. It is no longer available to the masses. Expense and time generated by ridiculous laws and rules of procedure move the court system out of the reach of those who need it the most. It addition, far too many judges have forgotten the Constitution, a grave omission tantamount to treason.

It is the hope of Forest Glen Durland that the consequences of not signing this document will be sufficiently powerful to prevent Forest Glen Durland from being put in jail, a result predicted by a knowledgeable friend. Forest has never been in jail in his life. It does seem a bit tyrannical for a judge to jail a citizen for properly insisting that the Supreme Law of the Land be observed. Such jailing could create a martyr, and martyrs can neither be killed nor silenced. It would seem that a judge would not risk that danger to ending his-her career in prison.

One can not but wonder why our courts have veered so far from our Supreme Law of the Land. Is there a force lurking in the shadows that we do not see? The Constitution is apparently an inconvenience to our elected politicians living off our tax money in diverse ways.

and Judge Saundra B. Armstrong, 9th District Federal Court in Oakland, California

1. This Magna Carta American Style refers to the property in the Klamath Irrigation District (KID), and specifically to the Headgates and Dam on, and water in, the Upper Klamath Lake, which includes all inlets and sources. The Headgates and water are considered property of KID, which is considered the property of the farmers in the Klamath Basin.

4. I order all federal agents to vacate immediately all property within KID, leaving the Headgates as they found them.

5. I immediately deed all land, water and water rights in KID and the Headgates and the Dam at the mouth of Upper Klamath Lake to the farmers in the Klamath Basin who hold the original deeds and/or legal ownership and rights to their land and water.

6. Within 24 hours of the signing of this Magna Carta, American style, I will order the Federal Government to electronically send ten billion dollars ($10,000,000,000) to an account in Klamath Falls, Oregon specified by the farmers to be given only to the farmers in KID to enable them to rebuild their farms, their lives, KID and to maintain the dam. There will be no demands attached to this money. This money will be a tax free gift. This transmission shall be directly from the US Treasury to the an account specified by KID. No agency shall touch this money en route. This money can be taken from one of the more than 112 unconstitutional federal agencies such as the Department of Education, which has recently squandered much more than that amount. The president might send this money instead.

7. Any and all power companies using water from upper Klamath Lake will pay KID for that water starting January 1, 2001 and will adhere to KID rules. KID will dictate usage of water from Upper Klamath Lake by any and all power companies. KID will have dominate rights over all rights of way.

8. I will immediately abolish the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, all federal agencies (except KID) and orders and regulations under any name that have influence on KID and are not authorized by the Constitution of the United States. The land involved will be immediately given to the farmers in the Klamath Basin holding the deeds and grants, with the remainder going to the states in which it lies, with the exception that the deeds and rights of and by the farmers shall take precedent. The Indians sold their reservation to the federal government and therefor have no rights in this case. This item #8 will not only serve the Klamath Basin farmers, but will serve as a precedent to abolish all of the over 112 federal agencies not authorized by the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States limits land control by the federal government.

9. The alternative to signing this Magna Carta, American Style, will be prosecution using Misprision of Felony, Accessory After the Fact, Color of Law, Rule of Law, Oath of Office, 5 USC 706, 18 USC 249, and possibly treason.

11. I will sign three times: The original (which will be retained by Forest Glen Durland), a copy for the farmers and a copy which I will make a part of the record of the Klamath Basin Farmers case.

Signed: X_______________________________________________________________________

(Saundra B. Armstrong, Judge, 9th United States District Court, Oakland, California)

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