What's wrong with America's lawsuit mania -- in one website.
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FEAR maintains a collection of case law, articles, and essays on the subject of civil forfeiture and its effects on the freedom of American citizens.
A resource for pro-death penalty information and resources. Includes case info on upcoming executions, a collection of death penalty links, current news articles and links to papers written about the death penalty. ...
FIJA's Official Web Site - FIJA is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving as trial jurors. FIJA also seeks to restore the political function of the jury as the final check and balance on the American system of government. It is supported by tax-deductible contributions and foundation ...
Free the Grapes! is a coalition of consumers and winemakers working to ensure consumer choice in fine wine through interstate direct shipping. Sign up at no cost to support the effort and receive timely updates on the wine direct shipping issue.
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Nonprofit Constitution Project promotes bipartisan consensus on the death penalty and wrongful executions, the importance of independent courts, and constitutional amendments. See our public education materials and our member lists of prominent citizens.
The Injustice Line contains true stories of government outrages, especially those involving judges, courts and lawyers. Read about President Lincoln, President Clinton, Michigan Governor John Engler, comedian Tim Allen, the war on people who use some drugs, and the death of the Constitution.
Suspicions & AntiShyster News Magazines Published since 1990 They'll make you think. Free Copy Suspicions Vol. 12 No. 1 106 pages PDF Principle topics: American Freedom Democracy's dignity , Constructive Trusts & Legal Personality Unbeatable Advertising $5 CPM Display Ads (1/2 cent per reader) $3 CPM Classifieds (1/3 cent per reader) Next Ad Deadline: Friday, July 19th In 2001 A.D, our readers ...
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is a broad based trade association whose mission is to bring greater efficiency, fairness, and predictability to the civil justice. ATRA accomplishes its mission through public education and legislative reform.
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges The No Frames Version. Proudly hosted by Savy2K. There is still a sure-fire, legal and non-violent way to regain a government of the People, and it's under way now! It's The Judicial Accountability Initiative Law Federal Legislation to Congress Judicial Accountability & Integrity Legislation General Information. HotSeat4Judges. J.A.I.L. 4 judges.net State Pages. Events. The JNJ ...
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! - Closing lines of the poem inscribed at the entrance to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty CIEJ is a coalition of American/Legal resident families facing permanent separation due to the ...
Scholarly legal research producing reports on ways to improve and modernize British Columbia law to meet modern social needs.
NEW JERSEY LAW REVISION COMMISSION 153 Halsey Street, 7th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 973-648-4575 (Tel) 973-648-3123(Fax) Contact the NJLRC The New Jersey Law Revision Commission, established in 1985, revises the statutory law of New Jersey. N.J. Stat. Ann . 1:12A-1. The Commission consists of the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chairman of the Assembly Judiciary, Law, Public Safety ...
In this FRONTLINE report correspondent Bill Moyers explores growing concern among judges themselves that campaign contributions to judges may be corrupting the judicial system, threatening the independence and integrity of state judges. This investigation looks at state judges'decisions and judicial elections in Texas, Lousiana and Pennsylvania.and interviews judges about their concerns about the ...
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The Illinois Civil Justice League is a coalition of Illinois citizens, small and large businesses, associations, professional societies, not-for-profit organizations, and local governments that have joined together to work for fairness in the Illinois civil justice system. The League's agenda is limited to working for, and preservation of, a civil justice system that is fair to all Illinois ...
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse: Discussing the costs and consequences of an abused legal system from frivolous lawsuits to legal reform; electing judges to class action abuse.
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The site describes the efforts of citizens of Texas to restore balance and fairness to the Texas civil justice system. Long considered the lawsuit capital of the world, Texas citizens finally demanded reforms. Texas tort reform has won reasonable, bi-partisan reforms in recent years. Founded on principles of solid research, grassroots advocacy and bi-partisan cooperation, more than a dozen ...
Quote to Note: Lawyers tend to hunt in packs, and the fast-food industry has begun to look like that slow, stumbling member of the herd -- ripe for culling. Lawyers are now probing the fast-food industry in at least six different areas for potential liability. - George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley, writing in the Los Angeles Times, July 26. 2001-2002 Updated Trial Lawyer ...
President Bush announced major reforms to address the medical liability crisis, in order to make health care more accessible and available for patients. The proposal includes national minimum standards for medical liability reforms and new protections for good-faith efforts by health professionals. Click here to read Policy in Focus: Medical Liability or President Proposes Major Reforms to ...
The JRP is dedicated to:educating jurors about their right to acquit people who have been accused of victmless crimes and thereby veto bad laws; protecting jurors from judicial and prosecutorial tyranny; educating citizens about the history and power of juries; distributing current news related to jurors and juries ...
Reforms are needed in the institutions, tools, and training involved in the legal process, if constitutional compliance is to be achieved.
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Orange County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse -- A non-profit group promoting a less litigious society. Our site explores problems and proposes solutions for America's troubled civil justice system., Discussing the costs and consequences of an abused legal system. Site addresses frivolous lawsuits, excessive litigation, liability costs, and legal reform.
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THE GRAND JURY An Essay AWARDED THE PETER STEPHEN DUPONCEAU PRIZE BY THE LAW ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA BY GEORGE J. EDWARDS, JR. OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR. PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE T. BISEL COMPANY LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS 1906 Introduction by Jon Roland Information from the 1973 edition Dedication, Author's Preface Detailed Table of Contents for the treatise References Table of Cases ...
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Criminal Prosecution Reform Website: The Worst Federal Prosecutorial Abuses and Misconduct with Suggested Remedies.
December 9, 1998 Trial by Jury by Clay S. Conrad Clay S. Conrad is the author of Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine, just published by Carolina Academic Press and the Cato Institute. Bill of Rights Day is a good time to take a step back from the controversies of the moment to ask ourselves why the Framers of the Constitution thought trial by jury was essential to preserving freedom.
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LawZone's links to websites with biographies of judges, judges' homepages ...
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January 25, 2000 When Judges Overreach by Timothy Lynch Timothy Lynch is director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice. Fearful that more and more citizens are becoming aware of the doctrine of jury nullification, judges have started policing jury trials with greater assertiveness than in years past. This year, the California Supreme Court will decide whether a trial court ...
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Anti-government sentiment may affect trials SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - One juror. Twice recently in federal domestic terrorism trials held in Washington state, single jurors held out against 11 voting for conviction on the most serious charges. The holdouts have not said why they could not vote with the others. But as jury selection proceeds in the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City ...
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The jury's power of a verdict according to conscience is enshrined as a bulwark against oppressive measures of the state ...
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In Jury Rooms, Form of Civil Protest Grows By Joan Biskupic Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 8, 1999; Page A1 In courthouses across the country, an unprecedented level of juror activism is taking hold, ignited by a movement of people who are turning their back on the evidence they hear at trial and instead using the jury box as a bold form of civil protest. Whether they are African ...
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The Power of Juries Orange County Register Monday Sep. 8, 1997 Source: Orange County Register -- metro, page 6 Contact: (letters@link.freedom.com) URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n211.a11.html Some jury activist organizations have declared September 8 as Jury Rights Day, in commemoration of the day in 1670. This stubborn exercise of all the rights of a jury - exercised despite the fact ...
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U.S. Grand Jury Reform The grand jury at the federal level has had a troubled history. Required by the Constitution as a check on judicial and prosecutorial abuse, it has often been used as a tool of abuse against political dissidents. Most grand juries are mere rubber stamps for prosecutors, but others become runaway grand juries, taking the lead in investigations of official corruption and ...
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A lawyer is only as good as you make him. Learn to live the liberty you love. Only vigorous education in law can reclaim freedom.
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Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs available ...
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November 11, 1999 Use Market to Select Jurors by Dominick Armentano Dominick Armentano is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. In Indian River County, Florida, as almost everywhere in the U.S., jury duty is mandated by statute. This means that the courts in the county are authorized to summon specific individuals for service in civil and criminal proceedings as jurors. A failure to respond ...
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Black Deeds in Black Robes is a website of The Institute for Psychological Therapies, Northfield, Minnesota.