A Media Running Roughshod On Our Constitution? Imagine That!

And so it was that I was minding my business on my way into work this morning when I heard a news story generated by the complaint of a city official against the Mayor.

The story was effectively a rehashing of the complaint, followed by the reporters attempts to verify the story without success. And it dawned on me - this mayor has not yet been convicted.

So I began to think on this story, and how I would feel if I was that Mayor - being tried in the media - the court of public opinion. I thought for a moment about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich - also a media favorite that has not yet been convicted, and I realized how much the media without challenge is trying public officials (and less) with their stories intended for sensationalism, political sabotage, and every other sort of malignment for the sake of filling airspace and entertaining the public.

The Cayce and Caylee Anthony story in Florida has been the CNN Headline News default story every evening for months now, and yet as of today, Ms. Anthony has not yet faced a jury or told her side of the story. This should not yet be a story.

We all know that media bias is ruining jury selection processes all over America, and that premature ejaculation of stories is the media norm that is making it effectively impossible to have fair trials - and yet this is a blatant violation of the concept of "Innocent until proven Guilty".

The reality is that the role of a court is almost irrelevant, or at least of nominal priority when a media tries an individual in public before the constitutionally protected right to a full trial has been given the chance to run its course.

The more I have thought about it this morning, the more it is clear that unless the public rises up to demand compliance with constitutional rights, the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" is irrelevant when the media (and government reporting offices) already begin reporting charges and suspicions before justice has had a chance to be proven.

In reality the concept of "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" is only being given lip service any longer. In practice, media and government agencies are reporting suspicions, scurrilous allegations, unproven charges, and fraudulently manufactured details every day in a growing environment of sensationalism, irresponsibility and non-accountability - entirely spearheaded by the media.

And don't count on the media to hold themselves accountable - they would have to limit themselves - all while letting their competition have the upper hand. Have you heard of the media reporting effectively on its own lack of accountability to the public or the law? Me neither.

And given that the courts can't handle or do an effective job of holding other courts accountable, or frankly begin to grasp, let alone manage the concept of justice, we can only appeal to higher authorities if we expect this matter to ever be dealt with properly.

It is time to demand more of our media. Call in - as I did this morning - and demand that such stories are removed immediately. Write letters. Hold politicians and government agencies accountable and demand more at every level.

Once we have given up the right to be presumed innocent, there is no saving anyone anymore!

Representing Yourself In Court Is Your Right

I spend a lot of my time fighting in courts, or preparing to - sometimes for myself and my interests, and often on behalf of others I take an interest in - wherever I sense injustice - because I love the fight, love to take on the court more than the opponent, and love to laugh at the arrogant fools that make this their profession.

I am not a lawyer, and as such I am challenged by the lawyers and judges that try to claim this publicly funded venue as their exclusive domain. As such in my pleadings to effect the right to represent one of my Corporate interests, I prepared and included the following; which I have determined in hindsight is worth sharing to a greater audience:

"The courts presumption of sovereignty does not grant it the rights to supersede the individual constitutional rights of every individual in America to protect all of their own interests.

The arrogance of the courts presuming superiority and claiming rights of exclusivity for lawyers over the rights of the poor, disaffected, and uneducated (a group to which I admit my own participation) – I contemptuously and categorically curse every court in America and its judges, officers and representatives that have, hereby, and would ever deny justice to any party incapable of adequately representing their own interests for any reason, and cannot relinquish this obligation to the benefit of the courts expediency.

Instead, it is the courts responsibility to meet every defendant at their point of need at any time, and in any place, to absolutely and fully support the highest priority of complete justice based in truth in every matter with every person – every time. Anything less is an affront to our individual constitutional rights.

Any person in America has as much right as any arrogant lawyer or judge to be in a court alone if they so choose where they stand challenged or accused of anything, and expect to receive the full mercy and support of the court until such truth and justice is fully served.

Anything less is unacceptable and worthy of challenge in any and every way possible by any person inappropriately mishandled in the absence of such care, and with any party to or officer of the court that is incapable of summoning the patience, or the resource to support such a mandate. Any party so incapable should either resign, or be removed from the courts in whatever manner is deemed necessary by any person or party until truth based justice shall again prevail in this land.

Any other response to any person is the basis for the valid contempt of such a court, and/or it’s officers, and such responsive action cannot be deemed punishable in the eyes of God – the ultimate sovereign authority on every matter of law and truth unless otherwise trumped by the hand of God alone. And for clarity sake, the court is not the God I refer to in this position.

Consider the referenced laws challenged and due for review by the South Carolina Supreme Court, or the State Legislature in the absence of such a fair treatment in this matter. I reserve the right to so appeal."

If you concur that you should be able to reserve and retain the right to defend yourself and your own interests without giving up these rights to any fool that will claim them from you, be sure to support this notion and stand up for your rights!