Posted on 04/20/2014 12:03:46 AM PDT by Nachum
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
In the Land of the Free, people grow up hearing a lot of things about their freedom.
You're told that you live in the freest country on the planet. You're told that other nations 'hate you' for your freedom.
And you're told that you have the most open and fair justice system in the world.
This justice system is supposedly founded on bedrock principles-- things like a defendant being presumed innocent until proven guilty. The right to due process and an impartial hearing. The right to counsel and attorney-client privilege.
Yet each of these core pillars has been systematically dismantled over the years:
1. So that it can operate with impunity outside of the law, the federal government has set up its own secret FISA courts to rubber stamp NSA surveillance.
According to data obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, of the nearly 34,000 surveillance requests made to FISA courts in the last 35-years, only ELEVEN have been rejected.
Unsurprising given that FISA courts only hear the case from the government's perspective. It is literally a one-sided argument in FISA courts. Hardly an impartial hearing, no?
2. The concept of 'innocent until proven guilty' may officially exist in courts, but administratively it was thrown out long ago.
These days there are hundreds of local, state, and federal agencies that can confiscate your assets, levy your bank account, and freeze you out of your life's savings. None of this requires a court order.
By the time a case goes to court, you have been deprived of the resources you need to defend yourself. You might technically be presumed innocent, but you have been treated and punished like a criminal from day one.
3. Attorney-Client privilege is a long-standing legal concept which ensures that communication between an attorney and his/her client is completely private.
In Upjohn vs. the United States, the Supreme Court itself upheld attorney-client privilege as necessary "to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients and thereby promote broader public interests in the observance of law. . ."
It doesn't matter what you're accused of-- theft. treason. triple homicide. With very limited exceptions, an attorney cannot be compelled to testify against a client, nor can their communications be subpoenaed for evidence.
Yet in a United States Tax Court decision announced on Wednesday, the court dismissed attorney client privilege, stating that:
"When a person puts into issue his subjective intent in deciding how to comply with the law, he may forfeit the privilege afforded attorney-client communications."
In other words, if a person works with legal counsel within the confines of the tax code to legitimately minimize the amount of taxes owed, that communication is no longer protected by attorney-client privilege.
Furthermore, the ruling states that if the individuals do not submit attorney-client documentation as required, then the court would prohibit them from introducing any evidence to demonstrate their innocence.
Unbelievable.
While it's true that attorney-client privilege has long been assailed in numerous court cases (especially with regards to tax matters), this decision sets the most dangerous precedent yet.
With this ruling, government now has carte blanche to set aside long-standing legal protections and even deny a human being even the chance to defend himself.
Naturally, you won't hear a word about this in the mainstream media.
But it certainly begs the question, what's the point of even having a trial? Or a constitution?
When every right and protection you have can be disregarded in their sole discretion, one really has to wonder how anyone can call it a 'free country' any more. Average: 4.855265 Your rating: None Average: 4.9 (76 votes)
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Tax court is not a court worthy of the name [except maybe the name Kangeroo.] There is no presumption of innocence in tax court. You must furnish evidence against yourself in tax court. You have no right to discover the evidence the government has against you in tax court. There is no case law in tax court, a decision made by the same tax court against the same defendant can be overturned for no reason more sufficient than "we're not allowing that anymore." No IRS employee can be cross examined in tax court. IRS employees gathering evidence against you can decline to identify themselves or even what office of the IRS they work for. And of course, the IRS can confiscate your property before they even reach a verdict.
Most of these outrages have been going on for more than 50 years.
Same old tyranny. Nothing new.
the enemies of the country are those running this coutry. when they pull sh1t like this they prove they are enemies.
The overlords are the enemy. True that. Reid’s words resound upon himself. He is the terrorist seeking the destruction of the citizenry.
90% of the sheeple haven't a clue how it operates.
Yup. This hasn't been a nation of laws for as long as I've been alive.
Tax court is not a court worthy of the name [except maybe the name Kangeroo.] There is no presumption of innocence in tax court. You must furnish evidence against yourself in tax court. You have no right to discover the evidence the government has against you in tax court. There is no case law in tax court, a decision made by the same tax court against the same defendant can be overturned for no reason more sufficient than “we’re not allowing that anymore.” No IRS employee can be cross examined in tax court. IRS employees gathering evidence against you can decline to identify themselves or even what office of the IRS they work for. And of course, the IRS can confiscate your property before they even reach a verdict.
Pure tyranny.
How do we, the people fight back?
“How do we, the people fight back?”
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It is a very big problem when you are in the minority.
When Obumbo was Reelected, I knew that America was in deep trouble.
I can not imagine being back there now.
“Pure tyranny. How do we, the people fight back?”....
We “un-elect” all of them (including the repub RINO’s) and start over.
Tyranny plain and simple
This is why anyone with any sense REFUSES to appear in tax court. Force them to file a case against you in Federal District Court: that is your right. Tax Court only has jurisdiction over you IF you allow it.
“But it certainly begs the question, what’s the point of even having a trial? Or a constitution?”
I guess Tyler Durden is just now figuring out that the
constitution is a dead letter and has been for quite a
while. It’s just that other presidents and their administrations
were a little better at hiding it from us. But now, with
Bush’s Roberts and the Obama himself, there is really no
reason to hide it anymore. America has been duped into
socialism and they think it’s legitimate acceptance.
Certainly the election process will render a feeble response to the tyranny.
We “un-elect” all of them (including the repub RINO’s) and start over.
Don't forget - there are 60 million traitors who voted in 2012 to keep this tyranny in place. They will have to be dealt with, too.
I, too, remind of that very fact regularly...spot-on.
It is no more possible to have a "just" income tax than to have a "just" rape.
How does a person do that?
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