How twisted the law?
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed; which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
Speedy trial? No problem. Gotta keep those beds full to keep the budget up for the revolving-door prison system.
Impartial jury?1 On an episode of Becker, Dr. Becker—played by Ted Danson of Cheers—is called to jury duty. He finds out that one person has made a business of jury duty by using three or four identities to get called in simple because he does not have to work to get paid. After all, they rarely ever actually do jury duty or there are ways of getting out of it during the interview. Becker is determined to actually get selected for jury duty, even though he is called away from his flourishing medical practice, because he does not want to see justice turned into a scam. Yet every time that he mentions that he is a doctor and educated, or that he has read a newspaper or book, we hear, “Denied.”
Finally he comes in and just sits there like a public school student at a civics examination and is finally picked for jury duty.
Oh, great. Let me just get my coat and book…
“Denied.”
As for, “to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation,” in Arizona and many other States, Child Protective Services, acting under “color of law,” can take your children without a court order and without telling you why. You do not find out until you get into court. So much for the “best defense.” You do have a “compulsory process for obtaining a witness” in your favor. But if that witness happens to be an “expert,” expect to tack on another ten-grand to your “best defense.”
…and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence2. This last statement deserves some investigation. Notice that it says the “assistance” of counsel for defense. It does not say Ignorance to the law is no excuse or Anyone who defends himself has a fool for a lawyer. That is simply because the law was never intended to get so confused and contorted that you had to pay some high-priced attorney to defend you. That is not to say that they do not have a purpose and it is wise to have an attorney when serious charges are levied against you.
Pro se legal representation refers to the instance of a person representing himself or herself without a lawyer in a court proceeding, whether as a defendant or a plaintiff and whether the matter is civil or criminal. Pro se is a Latin phrase meaning “for oneself”. This status is sometimes known as propria persona (abbreviated to “pro per“). In England and Wales the comparable status is “litigant in person”. According to National Center on State Courts in 1991-92 71% of Domestic Relations cases had at least one unrepresented party. In 18% both parties were pro se litigants. In the United States, many state court systems and the federal courts are experiencing an increasing proportion of pro se litigants. In San Diego, for example, the number of divorce filings involving at least one pro se litigant rose from 46% in 1992 to 77% in 2000, in Florida from 66% in 1999 to 73% in 2001. California reports in 2001 that over 50% of family matters filings in custody and visitation are by pro se litigants. In the U.S. Federal Court system for the year 2007 approximately 27% of actions filed, 92% of prisoner petitions and 10% of non-prisoner petitions were filed by pro se litigants. Defendants in political trials tend to participate in the proceedings more than defendants in non-political cases, as they may have greater ability to depart from courtroom norms to speak to political and moral issues.—Wikepedia
Lawyers were used, throughout our history, to make sure legal paperwork—such as deeds and wills—were written and filed in a legitimate fashion. They were, most likely, hired when serious charges were levied against an individual. No serious, Constitutional judge would have allowed the transfer of private property to a private corporation under the provisions of the Fifth Amendment, though. So most people could represent their case on their own because laws were very specific and easily understood by the average person. Lawyers were consulted when questions arose concerning what evidence might be acceptable to a case.
PRO SE HANDBOOK
The Manual for the Litigant Filing Without Counsel
Pro Se Handbook
1 You can order the Citizens Rule Book in bulk by calling
Infowars at 1-888-253-3139.
2 That is not a spelling error, by the way. It used to be spelled defense. Part of the problem is that new speak dictionaries have twisted the spelling and definitions of words so much over the years that people do get a twisted meaning of the Constitution. Keep that in mind in any discussion on the Constitution.
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