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RICK STANLEY
FREE SPEECH/GUN RIGHTS CASE BEFORE US SUPREME COURT
Rick Stanley’s case will be
presented before our nation’s Supreme Court on Friday, and I am asking everyone
to get informed and pass the word. If the Supreme Court does not grant Rick ’s
petition on Friday, he will have no further worldly recourse for what has been
done to him and his family. Anyone who understands the law, knows why Rick is
the first man in American history incarcerated for threatening to issue an
arrest warrant.
This is about our First and
Second Amendment rights. If the Court decides in Heller to restrict our gun
ownership, we will have a reduced right also to protest against that decision or
other government action if Rick ’s conviction is allowed to
stand.
Rick Stanley stood up for
America , and for Ed Brown, and for Ron Paul, and for our Constitution. Please,
folks, stand up now for the exact same things, and stand up for Rick and Pam
Stanley.
Some of you on this group do
not trust attorneys, and I can well understand why. But I have been involved
with this group for a long time because I believe in the same things, and I want
to use my legal knowledge to preserve a Constitution and nation for my children.
What good is money or fame when our dollar collapses and our nation soon
follows? This must be how the founding fathers
felt.
Three percent of Americans
rose up against British tyranny. Where is the three percent
today?
Please help as follows:
1) View this video,
and pass it on. I hope it is helpful, and spreads word about Rick ’s situation.
View it more than once, or on both sites – the more people who view it, the more
people who will view it! If
possible, post it on other sites, and post links everywhere. We only have until
Friday.
2) Distribute the
Press Release below: same idea.
3) Contact Ron Paul or
other public figures or members of the press, and alert them that Rick ’s case
is up this week, and of the extraordinary facts surrounding his ordeal. I would
think Dr. Paul might have heard of Rick ’s case, especially as Rick was so
passionate about supporting Dr. Paul. I will try to contact Dr. Paul as Rick ’s
attorney, but I’m not sure I will be able to reach such a busy
man.
4) Please pray for Pam
and Rick , and for justice in our courts … even if you don’t believe anyone is
listening….
Thank you all for your
efforts, and for your passion for our country, and your willingness to try to
become informed and resist enslavement.
Attorney John Klar, proudly
representing Richard Eugene Stanley
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CONTACT 802-754-6075
MARCH 25th, 2008
RICK STANLEY FREE SPEECH/GUN RIGHTS
CASE BEFORE US SUPREME COURT
An important free speech case will be
considered before the United States Supreme Court this Friday, March 28. The
Court will decide whether to grant a writ of certiorari in the case of Rick
Stanley v. State of Colorado .
Rick Stanley is in prison for six
years for threatening to have two Colorado judges arrested for ignoring his
Constitutional right to bear arms. He appears to be the only U.S. citizen ever
to be imprisoned solely for threatening to issue an arrest warrant.
Here are several details about the
case…
Mr. Stanley was under surveillance by the
federal government’s domestic anti-terrorism task force when he was protesting
against an Ashton, Colorado gun ordinance in 2002, while campaigning for the
United States Senate. He was arrested for illegal gun possession. Rick
Stanley was convicted at trial, and this conviction was affirmed on appeal.
Meanwhile, the Colorado legislature passed a law striking down city ordinances
like the one in Ashton.
Mr. Stanley, at that time representing himself,
filed a notice with the trial and appellate courts in which he claimed that his
constitutional right to bear arms had been violated, and invoked the Colorado
legislature’s recent law striking down the ordinance. The notice demanded that
his conviction be reversed and his gun returned, or else an arrest warrant for
treason would be issued against the judges for violating his constitutional
rights under the United States and Colorado Constitutions, and under the judges’
oaths of office.
He was arrested and subsequently convicted of
two counts of attempting to influence a public official by threat, and is
currently serving a six-year prison sentence in Colorado (two maximum
consecutive three-year terms). Mr. Stanley has no previous record, and is an
honorably-discharge d veteran and successful Denver businessman. Now, as a
convicted felon for pure political speech, he has lost his rights to vote or own
a gun.
Attorney John Klar, who is representing Stanley
before the United States Supreme Court, asserts that Mr. Stanley’s notice to the
courts was clearly intended as a political protest to publicize events in
Colorado . Klar is thoroughly convinced that his client’s First Amendment right
to free speech was violated to silence his outspoken protests against government
restrictions of gun ownership. “Should Americans who charge President Bush with
treason for going into Iraq be imprisoned for threatening to kill the
President?” Klar asks. “This is essentially what was done to Rick Stanley, and
what can be done to any American if the Supreme Court declines to hear this
case.”
The D.C. v.
Heller case is being closely watched by Second Amendment advocates:
should the Supreme Court on Friday decline to grant Rick Stanley’s writ, those
who wish to publicly proclaim their right to bear arms had better not do so to
judges or politicians, or they may lose their freedom, like Rick Stanley did….
as well as their votes, their voices and their
guns.
This case has garnered national attention
because it concerns the rights of American citizens to freely express their
opinions about gun ownership – but also about war, abortion, religious views,
etc.
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