Could you imagine a system of government, where the people who represent you, actually cared about you and everyone else, they represented? ---- politicians in DC are corruptable especially the dems and repubs
On Oct 5, 9:35 am, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you imagine a system of government, where the people who > represent you, actually cared about you and everyone else, they > represented? I mean, instead of the special interests? Well, let's > have a look at the integrity of our Montana Judicial System. My > personal experiences with my pro se Civil lawsuits, thus far are > troubling ... In attempting to attain justice for the harm done to me > in February 2001 by the City and County of Missoula (see DV 03-46, > 'Missoula' Montana 4th District Court), I raised numerous issues in > regard to the integrity of Montana's Judicial system. I approached > the Montana Supreme Court twice seeking supervisory control in Gold v. > THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE > OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR MISSOULA COUNTY, THE HONORABLE DOUGLAS G. > HARKIN, Presiding, Respondent (OP 08-0544, Dec 2, 2008 Mont. LEXIS > 711). However, my petitions were denied without ever addressing the > Constitutional issues that were raised. Now, > I'm back in Montana 4th District Court with these Constitutional > issues in DV 09-320, and so far, I have the same Judge presiding who > ruled against me in DV 03-46; the State's Attorney denies that these > Constitutional issues in the current case did not arrise out of DV > 03-46; the Judge has denied my motion to subpoena witnesses; and the > State's attorney went on vacation so he has delayed his response to > summary judgment until next week. Can anybody else find anything wrong > with this ongoing scenario. Really, where is the Integrity in > Montana's Judicial System? What about Montana's Constitutional > guarantee in Section 16 concerning administering justice? Let's see > what some of America's famous leaders had to say about integrity. > > John Adams, (1735-1826), Founding Father and 2nd US President, had > this to say about integrity... "Society's demands for moral authority > and character increase as the importance of the position increases." > "Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is > also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against > wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable > passions, are the "latent spark"... If the people are capable of > understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and > false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can > the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?" > > Now, this quote from Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme > Court Justice ..."The government is the potent omnipresent teacher. > For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is > contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt > for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites > anarchy. To declare that the end justifies the means -- to declare > that the government may commit crimes -- would bring terrible > retribution." and "Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a > law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law." and "At the foundation > of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government > officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects > them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen." > > Now, this quote from Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. > Supreme Court Justice ... > "The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to “create” rights. > Rather they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government > from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting." > > Now, this quote from Justice Stephen J. Field (1816-1899) US Supreme > Court Justice ..."Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in > view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations > of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set > aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? > The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but > the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our > political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a > war growing in intensity and bitterness." From a United States Supreme > Court opinion, Pollock v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. (1898). > > Now, this quote from the Oath for Candidates Seeking Admission to the > Bar, 1925, of the American Bar Association ... "I shall not counsel or > maintain any suit or proceeding which shall appear to me to be unjust, > nor any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable > under the law of the land." > > As always, Think about it and I'd like to encourage your comments > about this important topic. > > Rick Gold > Missoula, MThttp://mtlegal.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
