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COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE P.O. Box 306, Cheltenham, PA 19012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2007 Contact: Don Adams, ###.###.#### Teamster Beating Victims Appeal Judge’s Order To Pay Union $15 Grand Philadelphia – Two Clinton protesters, viciously beaten up by a group of pro-Clinton teamsters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall during a presidential visit nine years ago, last week appealed a federal judge’s order to pay two teamster unions $15,000.00 in legal costs stemming from an October, 2000 Federal Civil Rights suit. Five members of Teamsters Local 115 eventually pled guilty to criminal assault, conspiracy, and various other charges in the...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910   JUDGMENT AND NOW, this 4th day of Sept., 2007, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of defendant Teamsters Local 115 and against plaintiffs Don Adams and Theresa Adams in the amount of $450.10.   William H. Yohn, Jr., Judge IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910  ...

A 50-year-old principal was found naked in his school office while watching gay pornography on Tuesday, according to sources. Sex toys were found nearby, the sources added. Police said John Acerra was a longtime teacher and principal in the Bethlehem Area School District, but was also allegedly selling crystal meth out of his school office. Acerra, of Allentown, was the principal of Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem, and was arrested minutes after he arranged to sell the notoriously addictive drug to a police informant, according to investigators. Police arrived and found meth and drug paraphernalia on his desk, according to...

The principal of Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem sold crystal methamphetamine to police informants three times this month, once in his school office, police say. John Acerra, 50, of 832 Chestnut St., Allentown, was arrested Tuesday in his office, where police found meth on his desk, according to arrest papers filed by Bethlehem police. One police informant told officers that Acerra used and sold crystal meth for at least five months before his arrest, the papers say.Acerra faces felony charges of possession with intent to deliver meth and delivery of the drug and related charges. He is in Lehigh County...

A federal appeals court refused yesterday to revive civil-rights claims against Gov. Rendell, District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham, and Teamsters Local 115, part of a lawsuit filed eight years ago by a man who says he was beaten and falsely prosecuted after protesting a 1998 appearance by President Clinton. The opinion by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is likely the end of the federal suit filed by Don and Theresa Adams, although Adams has said he will press civil claims involving state law in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Neither Adams, 46, of...

Cuccinelli & Day, PLLC   September 24, 2006 Office of the Clerk United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 21400 U.S. Courthouse 601 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19106     Re:    Adams v. Teamsters Local 115 (No. 03-3680) Dear Clerk: In light of the significant period of time that has elapsed since Appellants’ Reply Brief was filed with the Court on December 3, 2004, and the scheduled hearing of this case by the Court on October 18, 2006, Appellants wish to provide the Court with a brief update of legal authority pertinent to the issues presented in the case. Appellees have...

For Immediate Release October 17, 2006    GOV. RENDELL’S ROLE IN BEATING FOCUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS HEARING Adams, et al. v. Teamsters, Rendell et al. (No. 03 – 3680)   Philadelphia — A special three judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals will convene tomorrow to decide whether a Civil Rights suit may proceed against Governor Ed Rendell for his alleged role in the 1998 teamster beating of two Clinton protesters outside Philadelphia’s City Hall. Rendell, Philadelphia mayor at the time, has since admitted in a deposition to personally inviting teamster boss John Morris and Local 115 members...

Twenty years ago this very day, President Ronald Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union. On the morning of October 12, 1986, it seemed as if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were on the brink of sweeping reductions in their nuclear arsenal. President Reagan's refusal to abandon SDI caused the talks to collapse. This locked the Soviets into continuing an arms race that they could not afford, could not win, and could not abandon, dooming their empire to eventual collapse. The results of the SDI program President Reagan refused to abandon could well save our lives from North Korean aggression.

Law librarian Rick Ramponi's collection of 3,000 regional cookbooks --including "Talk About Good" from the Lafayette, La., Junior League and "Shalom on the Range," which celebrates southwestern Jewish cuisine -- was manageable while he lived in a large house in Kalorama. But when he moved to a one-bedroom Dupont Circle apartment with a partner who collects large art and architecture books, Ramponi had to exile those cherished culinary texts to a pair of rented storage units several blocks away. Since 2002, he has spent more than $5,000 to keep them there, which "may be more than they are all worth,"...

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 03-3680 Adams v. Local 115   To: Clerk Appellants' Motion Requesting That the Members of this Court Recuse Themselves from This MatterAppellees' Responses     The foregoing Motion is under consideration. The parties will be advised through the Court's normal procedures when the appeal is assigned to a merits panel for disposition. No further order or other notification will be provided in regard to the disposition of the motion. Under the circumstances, listing of the appeal for disposition may take a significant amount of additional time from this date.     For...

GURA & DAY, L.L.C. 11350 RANDOM HILLS ROAD SUITE 650/800 FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA 22030 Phone: 703.###.#### Fax: 703.###.#### EMBARGO UNTIL 12/9/04 CONTACT: Trey Mayfield, Esq., 703.###.####   THIRD CIRCUIT ASKED TO RECUSE ITSELF IN SUIT AGAINST RENDELL   Philadelphia – Appellants in the federal civil suit, Adams et al., v. Teamsters Local 115, Rendell, et al., have announced today the filing of a highly unusual motion requesting that the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recuse itself from presiding over the case due to potential conflicts arising from the spousal relationship of one of its members, the...

Gentle Freepers, Today I received a phone call from Don Adams. The case he and his sister Teri are waging against the Teamsters, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham is in imminent danger of failing for lack of funds. (If you are not familiar with Don and Teri Adams and their struggles, please turn to the "REMEDIAL SECTION" below.) Now, I know that FreeRepublic is not a forum for fundraising, but FreeRepublic has been involved in the plight of the Adamses since the moment it began in October, 1998, and because Freepers have given generous support...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   DON ADAMS, ET AL.,     PLAINTIFFS        v.   TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, ET AL.,     DEFENDANTS   CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-CV-4910   MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTSON BEHALF OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115 Defendant Teamsters Local Union No. 115, by and through its attorneys, Markowitz & Richman, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, hereby moves for an award of attorney's fees and costs, and states in support thereof as follows: Plaintiffs Don and Theresa Adams initiated this civil action pursuant to the Civil Rights statutes of the United States, 42 U.S.C....

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA   Don and Theresa AdamsPlaintiffs. v. Teamsters Local 115, et al.,Defendants CIVIL ACTIONNO. 99-4910   Order      And now, this 6th day of August, 2003, upon consideration of the motions for summary judgment of defendants Edward G. Rendell (Doc. #206, 241), Teamsters Local 155 [sic] (Docs. #208, 243), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Docs. #207, 259), the attached appendices thereto (#206), and the plaintiffs' opposition thereto (Doc. #230, 234, 239, 253), it is hereby ORDERED that the defendants' motions are GRANTED and judgment is ENTERED in favor...

Anti-Clinton Protesters Lose in Suit Against Rendell BY SHANNON P. DUFFYU.S. Courthouse Correspondent A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights suit against former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell brought by two anti-Clinton protesters who claim he was responsible for their being assaulted by five Teamsters union members in October, 1998 when President Clinton was in Philadelphia to attend a political fund-raiser. U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn, Jr. ruled that Rendell, who is now Pennsylvania's governor, cannot be held liable for the attacks because the evidence showed that he did nothing more than invite the Teamsters to attend a rally...

I am saddened to learn that Richard Mitchell, the Underground Grammarian, died at his home on December 27th of 2002. The English language lies all but prostrate and defenseless with the passing of its ablest defender. If you are not familiar with his works, you are in for a treat. All of them are available online, available for free use, up to and including rank plagiarism. I have just spoken with Prof. Nathan Carb, the chairman of the English department of Rowan University. There will be a memorial service for Dr. Mitchell in the small concert hall of the Wilson...

<p>STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A Japanese and two American astrophysicists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for using some of the most obscure particles and waves in nature to increase understanding of the universe.</p> <p>Riccardo Giacconi, 71, of the Associated Universities Inc. in Washington, D.C., will get half of the $1 million prize for his role in ``pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources.''</p>

A national cable TV news flash yesterday about the arrest of possible terrorists on Whidbey Island sounded explosive: The FBI and other federal agents were investigating two Middle Eastern men who were arrested in Oak Harbor last Tuesday after police found traces of TNT and plastic explosive in a rental truck they were driving, the Fox News Channel reported. The fact that Oak Harbor is near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, home of the electronic warfare Prowler jets, heightened concerns. But the FBI said last night it had taken a pass on the case, handing it over to immigration officials...

An endangered monkey has given scientists new insights into evolution. The leaf-eating douc langur, native to East and Southeast Asia, has a quot;duplicatedquot; gene that started as an extra copy of a gene for a particular enzyme but mutated into a gene for another enzyme with a different purpose. By recreating the gene's path from one enzyme to the other, scientists have addressed an important debate over how natural selection shapes such duplications. Throughout evolutionary history, extra copies of genes have popped up spontaneously in the genomes of many organisms. This gene duplication is thought to be a major source...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DON ADAMS, et al., Plaintiffs v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 115, et al, Defendants SUBPOENA IN A CIVIL CASE &nbsp; &nbsp; Case Number: 99 CV 4910 To: Kevin Sterner### NNNNNNN Rd.Lansdowne, PA X &nbsp;&nbsp; YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear at the place, date, and time specified below to testify at the taking of a deposition in the above case. PLACE OF DEPOSITION Markowitz & Richman 1100 North American Building 121 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19107 DATE AND TIME &nbsp; January 31, 2002 - 10:00 a.m. X &nbsp;&nbsp; YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce ...