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Footnotes:
FN1. Black’s Law Dictionary, New Pocket Edition (1996), p. 557.
FN2. Const., Amend. VI, XIV. 8/9
FN3. The procedure for protecting your right to fast and speedy, whether by request on the record or filing a motion. 9/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
3) If you have received a speeding ticket, demand a jury.
4) If you have a small claims court case, demand a jury.
People can object to the most corrupt SCOTUS in history by invoking our rights under the Constitution. 7/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
1) There might be deadlines. [FN3] You must make sure you do this asap.
2) Only you can waive your rights, but make sure no one can say you acquiesced (went along with) what your counsel or the court have done. 6/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If you face criminal charges in federal or State courts, the U.S. Constitution protects your right to fast and speedy jury trial. There are similar provisions in most State constitutions. Look that up on line or in the law library nearest to where you might reside. Also realize: 5/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
That’s why the People must shut down the system by doing the one thing that scares the shit out of court administrators everywhere:
Demand your right, protected by the Constitution, to a fast and speedy trial by jury. [FN2] 4/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Court has conferred upon the president immunity for anything trump does in office. When the lawsuits against the thugs of ice percolate to the higher courts, count on the Chief Justice of the most corrupt SCOTUS in history to have the other five in line. 3/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Rule of law” means every person is subject to the law. [FN1] That standard was fundamental to our system of justice. At the State of the Union, Tony Soprano could have played the part of the POTUS, thanking the Chief Justice of SCOTUS. This is not cosmetic. 2/9
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
FN6. “The latest 69% of Americans who support legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May 1-23 Values and Beliefs poll, is statistically similar to the record high of 71% recorded in 2022.” Gallup, 6/24/24. 11/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
FN5. E.g, “‘centrist’ political consultants continue to urge Democrats to drop transgender people altogether.” “As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support,” Erin in the Morning, 10/13/25, accessed 10/18/25. 10/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
FN3. “[A] presumption shifts the burden of production to the opposing party , who can then attempt to rebut the presumption.” Black’s Law Dictionary, The New Pocket Ed (1996), p. 495.
FN4. U.S. Dept of State, “Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem,” August, 2020. 9/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FN2. “[P]resumption of innocence is not guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution,” but “has been recognized as one of the most basic elements of a fair trial.” Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, citing Taylor v Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478 (1978). 8/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Footnotes:
FN1. So far it appears those who agreed include Peters (D-MI), Durbin (D-IL), Shaheen (D-NH), Fetterman (D-PA), Hassan (D-NH), Kaine (D-VA), King I-ME), Casto (D-NV). 7/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Contrary to the claims of the far right, the majority of people in the U.S. favor policies that are progressive. E.g., people believe in marriage equality and equality in general. [FN6] People understand issues on a level deeper than maga crap. We should not compromise. 6/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are witnesses to the longest government shutdown in our Nation’s history. The “old guard” of the Democratic Party seeks to hold on to power. Some are willing to toss under the bus people who had received recognition of their rights relatively recently. [FN5] 5/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Russians use “kompromat” [FN4] to blackmail or extort. We need to see names of U.S. elected officials, unelected officials and CEOs who have traveled to Russia. Frequency of travels and duration of stays can lead one to infer someone is being blackmailed. 4/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
f party affiliation, who (for example) traveled to Epstein’s island, should be presumed [FN2] to have been complicit in wrongdoing. [FN3]
There is a second batch of documents or a list or set of lists equally important. 3/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Membership in or affiliation w/a political party does not enter into diagnosis of an individual who sexually abuses a child. Epstein documents, w/o names being masked, should be released now. Anyone who holds public office in this country, regardless 2/11
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM