Fwd: Resolution on Heicklen/Schmidter case
I would like to amend the agenda Saturday morning to add the following motion. Vicki Kirkland
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party supports the Constitutional protections
enshrined in the Bill of Rights, as well as the right of jurors to judge not just the facts of the law, but also whether the law itself is just, and whether it was fairly applied, and
WHEREAS Libertarians believe that distributing information to members of
the public in public places about juror rights, in accord with the free speech protections of the First Amendment, should not be infringed, and
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party's platform states that "Criminal laws
should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm," and that "The rights of due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must not be denied. ..
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee hereby condemns the decisions of Judge Perry in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and the Fifth Judicial District Court of Appeals in Flordia in the cases of Mark Schmidter and Julian Heicklen and urges that these decisions be reversed.
Hi Vicki, The bylaws set a high standard for adopting public policy resolutions: Article 8.12: "The National Committee may adopt public policy resolutions by a ¾ vote with previous notice or by unanimous consent without previous notice." Since this has no previous notice, it requires unanimous consent. Dianna On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Vicki Kirkland <vickilp12@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to amend the agenda Saturday morning to add the following motion.
Vicki Kirkland
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party supports the Constitutional protections
enshrined in the Bill of Rights, as well as the right of jurors to judge not just the facts of the law, but also whether the law itself is just, and whether it was fairly applied, and
WHEREAS Libertarians believe that distributing information to members of
the public in public places about juror rights, in accord with the free speech protections of the First Amendment, should not be infringed, and
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party's platform states that "Criminal laws
should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm," and that "The rights of due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must not be denied. ..
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee hereby condemns the decisions of Judge Perry in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and the Fifth Judicial District Court of Appeals in Flordia in the cases of Mark Schmidter and Julian Heicklen and urges that these decisions be reversed.
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I don't know what those decisions are about.. TR Sent from my iPad On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Dianna Visek <dianna.visek@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Vicki,
The bylaws set a high standard for adopting public policy resolutions:
Article 8.12: "The National Committee may adopt public policy resolutions by a ¾ vote with previous notice or by unanimous consent without previous notice."
Since this has no previous notice, it requires unanimous consent.
Dianna
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Vicki Kirkland <vickilp12@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to amend the agenda Saturday morning to add the following motion.
Vicki Kirkland
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party supports the Constitutional protections enshrined in the Bill of Rights, as well as the right of jurors to judge not just the facts of the law, but also whether the law itself is just, and whether it was fairly applied, and
WHEREAS Libertarians believe that distributing information to members of the public in public places about juror rights, in accord with the free speech protections of the First Amendment, should not be infringed, and
WHEREAS the Libertarian Party's platform states that "Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm," and that "The rights of due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must not be denied.
..
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee hereby condemns the decisions of Judge Perry in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and the Fifth Judicial District Court of Appeals in Flordia in the cases of Mark Schmidter and Julian Heicklen and urges that these decisions be reversed.
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Dianna Visek -
Tony Ryan -
Vicki Kirkland