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Colorado Law Conference ; March 4-5
Front Range Objectivist Website ^ | 1/29/2006 | Tom Hall

Posted on 01/29/2006 8:26:44 PM PST by patriot93

The American legal system is in real trouble. Many solutions have been offered-limitations on tort damage awards, restrictions of intellectual property rights, limits on class action suits, increases and decreases in various criminal penalties, and even changes in the Senate confirmation procedure for Supreme Court Justices. Many of the reforms sought do not address the fundamental issues involved, and therefore will ultimately fail. But how does one decide whether a particular reform is appropriate?

To establish and preserve a free society, citizens must recognize, as the foundation of that society, the principle of individual rights. Rights are "the concept that preserves and protects individual morality in a social context" and provide "the link between the moral code of a man and the legal code of a society" (Ayn Rand, "Man's Rights").

The fundamental question to be asked in evaluating any of the proposed reforms to the legal system is whether this change better ensures and protects individual rights, and, if so, how. This weekend conference, the first to focus on the application of Objectivism to legal issues, will seek to bring a richer understanding of individual rights to four topics: 1) judicial interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, 2) property rights as they relate to eminent domain, 3) unenumerated rights, and 4) the right to privacy. These lectures relate to some of the most significant legal issues in America today.

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TOPICS: Announcements; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cle; individualrights; law; objectivism

1 posted on 01/29/2006 8:26:46 PM PST by patriot93
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To: patriot93

Will fake injun speak at conference? Talk about white man's law! Sell injun art on side!


2 posted on 01/29/2006 8:32:47 PM PST by hillary's_fat_a**
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To: patriot93
>>The American legal system is in real trouble.<<

Well, when you exile the Constitution, what do you expect?

For starters, lets recall that the 9th and 10th Amendments are just as much in force as the 1st. How about honoring the words, "Congress shall make NO law". What about "shall not be infringed" is hard to understand? How about impeaching federal judges who cannot read simple English.

Further, very little of this would be possible without the open-ended money machine made possible by the private corporation of the Federal Reserve. Yes, FReepers, the Fed is not owned by the US Gov't, a fact that Google will still report on. It is owned by the National Banks, with capital in proportion to assets.

The money in your wallet is Federal Reserve Notes. You do know that a Note is an instrument of debt? Who are we borrowing this money from? (thin air or the Chinese?)

Indeed, why must money be supplied by a private monopoly? There is no provision for this in the Constitution in Exile, except that Congress and the Courts allow it.

I wonder if the true value of the shares in the Federal Reserve must be recognized and "marked to market" under Sarbanes-Oxley? Now there's an enforcement action guaranteed to bring out the skeletons in the closet.
3 posted on 01/29/2006 8:36:59 PM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: hillary's_fat_a**
Here's the problem:

To establish and preserve a free society, citizens must recognize, as the foundation of that society, the principle of individual rights.

The problem is not the principle of human rights. That leaves a gigantic playing field for lawyers. The principle of this country is constitutional justice.

4 posted on 01/29/2006 8:40:13 PM PST by Inspector Kemp (You can lead a liberal to reality, but you can't make them think.)
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To: hillary's_fat_a**

There are no CU professors invited to speak.


5 posted on 01/29/2006 8:53:20 PM PST by patriot93
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To: patriot93

I'm in Colorado, but ew.... Randians!


6 posted on 01/31/2006 12:45:37 PM PST by Dumb_Ox (http://kevinjjones.blogspot.com)
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