Dada in Federal Court 7/17 .... leads to 4 days in jail

[Nicholas Gilman]

    I'm surprised the judges haven't started wearing those wigs like the British judges wear,
they have the robes and all that garbage.  Its like a fiefdom in court.  One of these days,
I want to dress like a serf and enter the court to raise awareness about how court
is demeaning to the defendant.  Reminds me of the judge cartoon from "The Wall".

[Kat Kanning]

LOL, too true.

[Lloyd Danforth]

[Russell Kanning]

there were lots of people outside in the morning and in the court in the afternoon and at our debriefing session at the restaurant.

the judge equated dave's actions with ed and elaine brown and chastised us all for cheering for them. He left the room in a huff.

[TackleTheWorld]

The case before Dada's was a charge of "Disturbing Artifacts" 
Did someone disassemble Stonehenge or raid a royal tomb?
An elderly man with a cane moved a rusted-out teapot off a pile of axles and leaf springs and took a picture of it.
Court worker:  How do you plead?
Elderly man:    Guilty, but can I say something?
Judge : Absolutely, Yes.
He described the "artifacts".
(some discussion between judge and prosecutor)
Judge : Would you like to withdraw your guilty plea?
Elderly Man: (Confused) Uh, I ... Yes
Judge: Case dismissed
Spectators:  Applause and cheers.

[TackleTheWorld]

First thing after calling Dave up to the defendant's table the court worker gave Dave a financial affidavit form and asked him to fill it out.
Dave looked at it briefly and said, "I have no intention of filling out a financial form".

Yay Dave!

[TackleTheWorld]

Every other phrase uttered by Dave's judge was ...if you had an attorney or ...but if you had a lawyer defending you, or ...if you asked, you could have the best criminal defense lawyer in New Hampshire.
Dave said," I have no intention of having the taxpayers pay for my defense." Then Dave explained about licensing being required for lawyers, and in order to get the license they have to become "officers of the court" and therefore are not working for their clients, but the court.

Big Dave 2 for 2!

[slim]

First thing after calling Dave up to the defendant's table the court worker gave Dave a financial affidavit form and asked him to fill it out.
Dave looked at it briefly and said, "I have no intention of filling out a financial form".

Yay Dave!

I wish they would allow cameras in the court that would have been great footage

[d_goddard]

Dave said,"... in order to get the license they have to become "officers of the court" and therefore are not working for their clients, but the court.

A number of pro-liberty Reps would love to know they're not the only ones who feel this way.
I hope they hear about what Dave is doing, preferably from Dave himself.

HB 670 - Repealing the incorporation of the New Hampshire Bar Association

the New Hampshire constitution specifically enumerates free and fair competition by the people in all of their commercial endeavors. This right is to be preserved by the duty imposed on the legislature by their action to remove any monopoly or conspiracy which tends to hinder or destroy this right. The general court by this act therefore:

Finds that the New Hampshire Bar Association as established in 1873, chapter CXV, has become a constitutionally prohibited monopoly and conspiracy of power in the practice of law.

Sponsor: Lars Christiansen, (603) 889-0481

HB 210 - establishing a committee to study the effects of rescinding the charter of the New Hampshire Bar Association

A party in any cause or proceeding may appear, plead, prosecute, or defend in his or her proper person, that is, pro se, or may be represented by any citizen of good character.

Sponsor: Greg Sorg, gregorysorg (at) aol.com, (603) 823-8856

HB 245 - establishing a common law court

Each judge appointed to the common law court shall be deemed to have common sense and shall not be an attorney, a lawyer, a law school graduate, a member of a bar association, or a former member of a bar association, or of any calling where assumptions, presumptions, or legal fictions are the custom and standard for review.

Sponsors: Dick Marple armlaw (at) hotmail.com, (603) 627-1837, Lars Christiansen, (603) 889-0481, Dan Itse itsenh (at) comcast.net (603) 642-5713

[Dave Ridley]

Ok recounting from the beginning as best I can....  we had a total of 15 turn out to demonstrate but to of these missed us and arrived after we'd left to eat...they missed the hearing as well.   We spread to all four corners and John circled the walls of Jericho a few times then settled down to play some 'gitar.

Total turnout was 22 including the trial , the demo, one guy who joined us for hours after just biking past and four who arrived late.  not everyone at the demo made the hearing, not everyone at the hearing made the demo.

In the fairly light traffic at that spot I counted 35 favorable responses to our demonstration, 4 negative   over a 3 hr period  not couting waves.   We had an eclectic sign mix, the ubiquitous IRS with an x through it, an NHFREE.COM sign, 5 flags including one upside down u.s. flag to signal the nation is in distress from TOO MUCH WASHINGTON.  We had a "feds: quit" sign,  and russell wore an orange prison jumpsuit with a abu-gharib style torture hood over his head.  He wore a sandwich board that said "less torture please!"

Once we went in they got to us within about 15 minutes, after we clapped for the prosecutor's defeat in the silly "disturbance of rusty litter" case before.    Oh, there were about 10 of us there in the courtroom on our side, 8 of whom I think were there before it started. when judge muirhead came in I stood up and maybe 3 of the others among us did the same.  Of course, shortly afterward we were reminded why Muirhead is perhaps one of the few fed judges halfway worthy of that, as he tore up the government prosecutor over a frivolous case.

Then they asked if I was in the room and when I said I was, the (clerk/secretary?) asked if I would like to come up forward.  I said "not desperately."  that got some laughs, the loudest of which seemed to be from judge muirhead himself LOL

more later as I compose it.
 

[Spencer]

I'm not one of those "officers of the court" who works for the court.  I work ONLY for my clients and would never do anything to jeopardize my clients' cases.  I actually enjoy monkeywrenching the system.  I can't wait to get to NH; once I pass the bar there and get there, I'll be glad to help any fellow freedom lovers in protest cases, etc. (although I understand the stand that Russell takes in not taking part in court proceedings at all, including having a lawyer).

[KBCraig]

An elderly man with a cane moved a rusted-out teapot off a pile of axles and leaf springs and took a picture of it.

I've read about that case somewhere before. It may have been in the Berlin Daily Sun, maybe as an LTE.

Wish I could remember where that was.

[41mag]

If anyone has a picture of Russell from the protest, I'd like to get a copy of that.

I wish I could have made it to the trial, but had to get to work.

[lordmetroid]

Where there any notary present... Can I find the court-trial under Dave Vs. The United States of America or something so I can read it all?

[Kat Kanning]

There was a court reporter. 

I'll get my photos up soon.