The Wall Street Journal article on Yesterday Op Ed page pointed out that WE in the legal profession are the biggest bunch of phonies. After taking an oath to defend the Constitution, we are a group sat fact and allowed a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats to assault our civil rights and in particular are fifth, fourteenth and first amendment rights.
We spoke out for clients and citizens and when we asked for corrupt judges and judicial officials to respect the Rule of Law - by filing Motions to disqualify judges with bias, or overtly called for HONEST INVESTIGATIONS, or just disclosed corruption = such as the Sykes case, the Gore case, the Helen Stone case, ****** criminal bureaucrats in the guise of lawyer disciplinary commissions (rubber stamped by State Supreme Courts) violated their oath and the Rule of Law as set forth by the SCOTUS and acted to remove our law licenses.
Unlike many of our clients who made application to law enforcement, the courts, and public opinion to embarrass the miscreant bureaucrats and their 18 USCA 371 co-conspirators, We, the lawyers, made noise - but except for filing routine Petitions for Cert - which for the most part got nowhere, WE DID NOTHING except flap our mouths.
On the "Flap our mouth" front we are still doing exactly that as Rome burns.
OK - what can we do! We are in a unique position as Lawyers. The heart of our profession has been assaulted, but each of has training in the Law and has the ability to address the matter in the Courts, in public, and in private. The Supreme Court has opened the door by its decision and statement that the State government and State Courts is bound to follow the Rule of Law as set out by IT! It has made it clear that its decisions and mandates are the Law, not suggestions!
The Supreme Court in Alvarez and related cases made it abundantly clear that content related and political speech is not subject to censorship PERIOD! It has pointed out with equivocation that if Lawyer X wants to stand up for Judicial reform that is adverse to the establishment, he has an absolute right to speak out and the establishment must afford him his full civil rights even if the establishment might lose their power. Indeed, it many be AKIN TO YELLING FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER, but the establishment must by their oath and their residency in the United States not interfere with the FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
I propose that we lawyers - who have had our First Amendment Rights trampled - upon rise up and address the Issue. The SCOTUS has made it clear on paper that ITS DECISIONS ARE NOT SUGGESTIONS BUT ARE THE LAW OF THE LAND, ergo, lets together Petition the Court to enforce its First Amendment decisions and require law enforcement, the administration, and the State Courts to take action to prevent us as citizens of the United States from the outrageous assault on America's core principles.
America is worth fighting for. The honor of the legal profession is worth fighting for.
To get the momentum going let me propose the following:
1) we compose a list and the e-mail addresses of every lawyer who has his First Amendment Rights trampled upon. JoAnne Denison's Justice4Everyone blog can be a rally point. (As a dinosaur I do not know how to set this up, so I have to rely upon others.
2) we provide a list of all the First Amendment cases that have come down that relate to the issue, and have it available on the blog. This will include the case referred in the Wall Street Journal article, Alvarez *****. No need to reinvent the wheel.
3) We will cause a petition for Mandamus, writ of assistance, etc to the Supreme Court of the United States asking them to put their money where their collective mouths are! If the Rule of Law does mean something then the Court has to enforce the mandate of Alvarez etc. The relief we seek is quite simple -- We want our FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS RESTORED!
4) We create a speakers bureau and everyone of us makes ourselves available to flood the airways with the defense of the First Amendment.
5) We write articles, e-mails, whatever advising and disclosing to the public the importance of the First Amendment and how important it is that the legal profession stand up and be counted rather than sulk and demonstrate the cowardliness that the ABA. When JoAnne Denison published on her blog a call for an HONEST INVESTIGATION of obvious corruption in the Illinois courts and Mr. Larkin and the IARDC declared the call as being akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater, the ABA reacted with its usual benign neglect! I propose that we and the legal professional organizations do what our oaths as lawyers demand.
6) We act as lawyers and hold our heads high!
Cowardly lawyers arise - demonstrate you have backbone. I copied the Geary at the Supreme Court press and I'm respectfully requesting him to help us prepare the documents to be filed with the Supreme Court in proper form. I want us to heard - not provided with the LAWYERlike "firm maybe!"
I can be reached at this e-mail address: KenDitkowsky@yahoo.com. If you wish to swear at me please do so loudly and in the most obnoxious manner -
Ken Ditkowsky
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