http://www.jail4judges.org/JNJ_Library/2008/2008-02-10.html
J.A.I.L. Sues Florida Bar
in U.S. Supreme Court
On January 7, 2008, a petition for writ of certiorari was docketed in the United States Supreme Court titled Florida JAIL4Judges, Petitioner v. The Florida Bar, Respondent, prepared and filed by Montgomery Blair Sibley, Attorney for Petitioner, on behalf of Florida JAIL4Judges and Florida JAILer-in-Chief (JIC), Nancy Grant.
The background of this lawsuit is quite interesting and goes back to the South Dakota 2006 ballot. For a history see www.sd-jail4judges.org. Therein we explain the shenanigans that went on in South Dakota to misrepresent the J.A.I.L. Amendment before the electorate. As a result, J.A.I.L. went down allegedly 89% against to 11% in favor. Thereafter Attorney Tom Barnett, the Director of the South Dakota Bar Association and leading the opposition campaign rushed down to Florida to address the Florida Bar, bragging on how they "defeated" JAIL4Judges in South Dakota. This event is documented
at http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNNews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/7a6a21fb7adc02748525725d0057227d?OpenDocument on the Florida Bar website. See The Foreign Power Planting Seeds of Destruction http://www.jail4judges.org/JNJ_Library/2007/2007-01-19B.html.
South Dakotans were eager to get judicial accountability to the People, and J.A.I.L. held a 3 to 1 lead throughout the campaign for over a year. Below is the article about Tom Barnett, who led the campaign against J.A.I.L. in South Dakota, sowing the seeds of deception in Florida, after his claimed "success" in South Dakota. Read it carefully to see the intentional fraud and deceit, amounting to voter intimidation: (See especially portions marked in red)
The Florida Bar
651 E. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300
(850) 561-5600
January 15, 2007
Despite SD loss, J.A.I.L.4Judges targets Florida
Attorneys urged to be prepared for the fight
By Gary Blankenship
Senior Editor
(Excerpts):
If backers of an amendment known as J.A.I.L.4Judges succeed in getting their constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot, the state’s lawyers should be ready to lead a campaign to defeat it.
The public face of that campaign should not be judges and lawyers, but rather regular citizens who would be adversely affected by the amendment ... Tom Barnett, executive director of the State Bar of South Dakota, gave that advice to the Bar Board of Governors at its December [2007] meeting. Barnett led the campaign last year that resulted in the defeat of a J.A.I.L.4Judges initiative in South Dakota that wound up failing by an 89-to-11 percent margin.
“When we planned our campaign, we immediately decided that the worst people to talk about attacks on judges were judges and the second worst people were lawyers,” Barnett said. “What we needed were people on the street.” ...
The Florida chapter of the organization (its Web site is
http://floridajail4judges.org ) is already trying to get signatures for an initiative petition. It provides that judges and those who act in a judicial capacity can lose immunity from civil and criminal prosecution in some cases. Under the amendment, the losing party in a case, civil or criminal, can file a petition with a special statewide grand jury once all appeals have been exhausted. The grand jury can ... make the judge subject to civil or criminal liability.
...
Barnett said one poll showed that allowing jurors to be sued was opposed by 86 percent of the voters. “It’s a very, very powerful message,” he said. “That’s why we used that.”
...
[T]he anti-amendment campaign was able to get financial and political support from bankers, insurance companies, car dealers, and even the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and tort reform groups that recognized the potential mayhem from the amendment, Barnett said.
...
He advised the Bar to begin preparing early for the potential campaign, and outlined how the anti-amendment campaign was waged in South Dakota.
...
Early last year when Barnett geared up the campaign against the amendment, initial polls showed that voters had a favorable impression of the measure by a 3-1 to 4-1 margin.
...
With more money, Barnett was able to begin television and radio ads. Those emphasized that convicted criminals could use the amendment to harass jurors and try to get out of jail, ...
© 2005 The Florida Bar
This rhetoric spewed out by Barnett so enraged Florida Bar member Montgomery Sibley that he brought suit against the Florida Bar for illegal and unlawful use of Bar membership dues. The nature of the lawsuit filed in the Florida Supreme Court, which was three-pronged, alleges that any entity that advocates for or against a State Constitutional Amendment must be registered as a Political Action Committee (PAC). Florida JAIL4Judges, pursuant to this law, is an officially-recognized PAC with a State-assigned number. However, its opposition (The Florida Bar) is not. The lawsuit seeks to compel the Florida Bar to comply with Florida law and register as a PAC, albeit pointing out that the Florida Bar is a duly-recognized official arm of the Florida Supreme Court and the second prong is that the Florida Bar is precluded by Florida law from involving itself in State initiatives.
The third prong asks that the seven justices of the State Supreme Court recuse themselves because their own official arm is the defendant. This of course placed the Florida Supreme Court in a real catch-22 situation which they stalled upon ad infinitum, refusing to make a decision on their own conflict. Finally by compulsion the Florida Supreme Court determined that they were not the proper court to decide the question before them. Another motion followed by Attorney Sibley calling on them to decide the question before them or state why they did not have jurisdiction to make a ruling. The motion was denied and the instant matter is now brought before the United States Supreme Court.
The current petition, assigned Case No. 07-885, may be read at http://www.jail4judges.org/state_chapters/fl/Petition.pdf. What we now know is that the entire State of Florida, including its Supreme Court, is incapable of deciding a matter in which it has a conflict of interest. Left to be decided by the United States Supreme Court is whether Florida JAIL4Judges has a forum available to it for redress of grievance (First Amendment, U.S. Constitution). Maybe even more basic is, do we have a U.S. Constitution? We shall soon find out. If in the negative, J.A.I.L. has made a prima facie case to all Americans as to the universal need for the passage of J.A.I.L. in this country. We ask, without J.A.I.L. does America even have a future?
The national media, to which this is being sent, should be very interested in following this case.
-Ron Branson-
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Hiding Is Over
My Daughter, Your Slave
Bought and sold
though not to work on your farm,
but to fulfill a need
of normalcy.
Ripped from one family,
substituted for another.
There's always been a divide
Between you and I,
Whether mountains or streams,
Or hopes or dreams.
You have your own goals,
But you can't see past your pain,
So you abuse your powers,
Until you're insane.
And you've kidnapped my daughter,
Who knows not her name.
And she carries your history,
Though knows not where she came.
My dreams are her dreams,
You'll see them one day,
When she searches her heart,
And finds her own way.
Another big difference
That sets us apart,
Is that I've always wanted,
What's best for my daughter,
And you just wanted,
A child to call your own.
You own, you control,
My daughter's sense of self,
Her fears, her absent tears
for me,
For you she's a doll, a blank slate,
But your pain you can't ignore.
So you repress,
You digress,
And instill your hate of me,
Because you can't ignore the fact,
That she looks nothing like you,
She looks just like me.
She acts just like those in my family,
And you can't beat it out of her,
So you play emotional games,
With her absent tears,
And bond her to you,
With your endless fears.
The child you will never bare,
You had to settle for her,
You use the language games,
And pretend this is what you wanted.
But she is my daughter,
You stole my daughter,
So you could feel like a mother.
So you ended my Motherhood,
For I'll never have another,
The trauma is life long,
I'm afraid you'll steal all others.
And society plays the word games,
Calling me unfit,
Saying I'm a drunken whore,
An addict, a welfare case,
And so much more from your stance,
but the truth is,
I never had a chance.
Just because I'm not game,
At your institutional fame,
Because I won't marry,
And be forever owned,
Because I try to claim my history,
The one where you have been,
Oppressing me and my family for generations.
And they have become
Alcoholics, poor, abused and abusive.
Because you keep our minds in scrambles,
And keep us forever divided,
And as soon as I tried to claim my power,
That's when you stole my daughter.
You can pretend your ignorance,
And say you didn't know.
That separating my daughter from me,
Wouldn't cause her so much pain.
But the fact that you did this all for you,
Another word game for the child,
Is saving them from the fate you dictate,
And proves how selfishly you acted.
Just because you can't have your own child,
Doesn't mean you're entitled to mine,
It only causes more abuse,
And will come back to you in time.
Own your infertility,
Owning a child won't make you fertile,
And it won't take away your pain,
So own it and meet the challenge
Your God gave to you,
To deal with how your God made you,
And find a way to be empowered,
Where you aren't oppressing others.
And what can you do to make things right?
You can't make up for all the lost time.
Admit that you stole and bought her,
And give me back my daughter.
Bought and sold
though not to work on your farm,
but to fulfill a need
of normalcy.
Ripped from one family,
substituted for another.
There's always been a divide
Between you and I,
Whether mountains or streams,
Or hopes or dreams.
You have your own goals,
But you can't see past your pain,
So you abuse your powers,
Until you're insane.
And you've kidnapped my daughter,
Who knows not her name.
And she carries your history,
Though knows not where she came.
My dreams are her dreams,
You'll see them one day,
When she searches her heart,
And finds her own way.
Another big difference
That sets us apart,
Is that I've always wanted,
What's best for my daughter,
And you just wanted,
A child to call your own.
You own, you control,
My daughter's sense of self,
Her fears, her absent tears
for me,
For you she's a doll, a blank slate,
But your pain you can't ignore.
So you repress,
You digress,
And instill your hate of me,
Because you can't ignore the fact,
That she looks nothing like you,
She looks just like me.
She acts just like those in my family,
And you can't beat it out of her,
So you play emotional games,
With her absent tears,
And bond her to you,
With your endless fears.
The child you will never bare,
You had to settle for her,
You use the language games,
And pretend this is what you wanted.
But she is my daughter,
You stole my daughter,
So you could feel like a mother.
So you ended my Motherhood,
For I'll never have another,
The trauma is life long,
I'm afraid you'll steal all others.
And society plays the word games,
Calling me unfit,
Saying I'm a drunken whore,
An addict, a welfare case,
And so much more from your stance,
but the truth is,
I never had a chance.
Just because I'm not game,
At your institutional fame,
Because I won't marry,
And be forever owned,
Because I try to claim my history,
The one where you have been,
Oppressing me and my family for generations.
And they have become
Alcoholics, poor, abused and abusive.
Because you keep our minds in scrambles,
And keep us forever divided,
And as soon as I tried to claim my power,
That's when you stole my daughter.
You can pretend your ignorance,
And say you didn't know.
That separating my daughter from me,
Wouldn't cause her so much pain.
But the fact that you did this all for you,
Another word game for the child,
Is saving them from the fate you dictate,
And proves how selfishly you acted.
Just because you can't have your own child,
Doesn't mean you're entitled to mine,
It only causes more abuse,
And will come back to you in time.
Own your infertility,
Owning a child won't make you fertile,
And it won't take away your pain,
So own it and meet the challenge
Your God gave to you,
To deal with how your God made you,
And find a way to be empowered,
Where you aren't oppressing others.
And what can you do to make things right?
You can't make up for all the lost time.
Admit that you stole and bought her,
And give me back my daughter.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
WAITING ANGELS LITIGATION
http://fixellawoffices.com/_wsn/page6.html
CURRENT STATUS:
On October 24, 2006, our firm filed a lawsuit against Waiting Angels Adoption Services in Macomb Michigan on behalf of five families. All families were clients of Waiting Angels. The lawsuit was filed in the US Federal District Court - Western District Michigan. The families have all been victims of fraud, misrepresentation and various violations of Federal laws. In March 2007, one additional family joined the lawsuit. After the police raid in April 2007 and while criminal charges were pending, the Plaintiffs in this lawsuit (6 families) were granted a Stay of Proceedings placing the lawsuit on hold until the completion of all criminal proceedings. To read the lawsuit go to the following link: http://www.ethicanet.org/WA_amd_compl.pdf
CURRENT STATUS:
On October 24, 2006, our firm filed a lawsuit against Waiting Angels Adoption Services in Macomb Michigan on behalf of five families. All families were clients of Waiting Angels. The lawsuit was filed in the US Federal District Court - Western District Michigan. The families have all been victims of fraud, misrepresentation and various violations of Federal laws. In March 2007, one additional family joined the lawsuit. After the police raid in April 2007 and while criminal charges were pending, the Plaintiffs in this lawsuit (6 families) were granted a Stay of Proceedings placing the lawsuit on hold until the completion of all criminal proceedings. To read the lawsuit go to the following link: http://www.ethicanet.org/WA_amd_compl.pdf
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Changes...
With lots of changes happening in my life, I feel that I need more security than blogger can currently offer me.
I will be posting still on livejournal, but if you want to read my posts, you will need to post on it for me to add you as a friend.
This post too, will only be up for a limited time.
http://firepoetry.livejournal.com
I will be posting still on livejournal, but if you want to read my posts, you will need to post on it for me to add you as a friend.
This post too, will only be up for a limited time.
http://firepoetry.livejournal.com
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
The Shorstein Family
Michael Shorstein was the lawyer who have me no other choice but to allow my daughter to be adopted by his high priced friend's (Kathleen Stevens) agency, First Coast Counseling.
I have done a lot of research on his family, and I thought I'd share it with everyone here, just to show how much money (and ties of corruption can be inferred) is in this family.
Some of the information seems irrelevent, but I believe shares with us some of their personalities, and therefore is of interest to me. Since I found all this information on the web, I feel it is public information.
Financial:
Contributions from the Shorstein Family Reference Here
Reference Here
(Mark and Samuel Shorstein)
Harry Shorstein contribution for Bill Nelson:
Reference Here
Shorstein & Shorstein for Bob Graham:
Reference Here
Family Data:
Reference Here
Bess K. Shorstein (who is the woman presented / honored in University of Florida pamphlets)
Although Bess K. Shorstein never attended the University of Florida, she did build strong ties with the university. As a single parent to sons I.) Jack, II.) Buddy and III.) Harry, she supported her family by working as a secretary to the director of the Jacksonville Jewish Community Council, the predecessor to the Jacksonville Jewish Federation. As each of her sons graduated from high school, Bess encouraged them to go to UF and get an education. An enduring link was formed between the Shorstein family and the University of Florida, and in the many years since the eldest son Jack first entered UF in 1947, sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons and a great grandson have found their way to the university.
In honor of Bess K. Shorstein and her role in the Jewish community, the Shorstein Family Foundation, Inc. is proud to sponsor this second annual lecture series, presented by the UF Center for Jewish Studies, in her memory. (see link above)
Reference Here
In addition to the Shorstein family, the individual lectures were sponsored by UF alumni Ronald and Joan Levin, the Dubow Family Foundation, the Seymour Marco Family Foundation and the Anspacher Family Foundation. Additional sponsors were the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and the synagogues in that community.
I) Jack Shorstein married Sylvia Shorstein (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
Reference Here
Jack Shorstein
law degree from the UF
Reference Here
Jewish Museum of Florida
Jack donated 10,000 - 24,000
Reference Here
Sylvia Shorstein
Reference Here
Jack later married Judith Shorstein and family are members of the Jewish Museum
Reference Here
Jack & Sylvia Shorstein are the parents of
A) Mark Shorstein married Beth Shorstein (life and geneology of Shorsteins and Oches): Book of Life)
B) Michael Shorstein married Robin Shorstein
C) Neal Shorstein (gay)
A) Mark Shorstein
Mark Shorstein: The president of Shorstein and Shorstein (accounting service) (Husband to Beth)
Reference Here
Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Jewish Foundation
Reference Here
(basically the same thing, and same people)
and Board of Directors for the Jacksonvill Jewish Federation
Reference Here
Beth Shorstein: (Steve & Kris Ochs are parents of Beth, Mark's wife)
Jewish Community & Family Services:
Beth S. is the Director of Older Adult Services, Kathleen Stevens is the Director of Adoptions.
Reference Here
Beth and A) Mark Shorstein are the parents of (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
1) Rebecca Shorstein (UniFL)
2) Daniel Shorstein (UniFl)
3) Benjamin Shorstein (UniFL)
4) Jennifer Shorstein (UniFL)
B) Michael Shorstein and wife Robin Shorstein (UniFL) (Chairmain of the Board) he is listed on this bulletin.
Reference Here
On the board of FSS: (Family Support Services)
* Now, maybe it seems normal, but I find it strange, that the preservation of family and protection of children and an adoption lawyer on the board, is a bit contradictory... especially when the lawyers / agency profit from this.
Certified Public Accountant,
Reference Here
Board of Professional Engineers Management Corporation (Beth's Father, Steve Ochs was an engineer and holocaust survivor)
Reference Here
Robin Shorstein: (UniFL)
Reference Here
Michael Shorstein and Robin have two children
Reference Here
1) Mathew Shorstein (UF)
2) Benay (Ben) Shorstein
C) Neal H. Shorstein (UF Medicine)
Reference Here
President of the Board of Directors for the The Oldest Queer Theater in America
Reference Here
II) Samuel "Buddy" Shorstein (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
Jacksonville accountant who is one of the senator's (Graham's) closest friends, says he believed several weeks ago that Graham would retire.
Reference Here
accountant at the University of Florida Brooks Center Rehabilitation studies as a BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Reference Here
Chief of staff to Bob Graham back in 1985 - 1986
Reference Here
III) Harry Shorstein (UniFL) State attorney general
Reference Here
Harry Shorstein (UF of Law) is the uncle of Michael Shorstein married to Ann Shorstein
Harry & Ann Shorstein
Ann Shorstein
worked as Attorney for Holland & Knight.
Reference Here
Professor Of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law
Reference Here
ponders run for property appraiser
Reference Here
Attended UF for Law
Reference Here
Member of the Northeast Florida Advisory Council
Reference Here
On the STATE BOARDS (Tallahassee)
Florida Inland Navigation District
Reference Here
She was an actress on the Vagina Monologues:
Reference Here
Senior Counsel on the Chamber of Commerce
Reference Here
I have done a lot of research on his family, and I thought I'd share it with everyone here, just to show how much money (and ties of corruption can be inferred) is in this family.
Some of the information seems irrelevent, but I believe shares with us some of their personalities, and therefore is of interest to me. Since I found all this information on the web, I feel it is public information.
Financial:
Contributions from the Shorstein Family Reference Here
Reference Here
(Mark and Samuel Shorstein)
Harry Shorstein contribution for Bill Nelson:
Reference Here
Shorstein & Shorstein for Bob Graham:
Reference Here
Family Data:
Reference Here
Bess K. Shorstein (who is the woman presented / honored in University of Florida pamphlets)
Although Bess K. Shorstein never attended the University of Florida, she did build strong ties with the university. As a single parent to sons I.) Jack, II.) Buddy and III.) Harry, she supported her family by working as a secretary to the director of the Jacksonville Jewish Community Council, the predecessor to the Jacksonville Jewish Federation. As each of her sons graduated from high school, Bess encouraged them to go to UF and get an education. An enduring link was formed between the Shorstein family and the University of Florida, and in the many years since the eldest son Jack first entered UF in 1947, sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons and a great grandson have found their way to the university.
In honor of Bess K. Shorstein and her role in the Jewish community, the Shorstein Family Foundation, Inc. is proud to sponsor this second annual lecture series, presented by the UF Center for Jewish Studies, in her memory. (see link above)
Reference Here
In addition to the Shorstein family, the individual lectures were sponsored by UF alumni Ronald and Joan Levin, the Dubow Family Foundation, the Seymour Marco Family Foundation and the Anspacher Family Foundation. Additional sponsors were the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and the synagogues in that community.
I) Jack Shorstein married Sylvia Shorstein (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
Reference Here
Jack Shorstein
law degree from the UF
Reference Here
Jewish Museum of Florida
Jack donated 10,000 - 24,000
Reference Here
Sylvia Shorstein
Reference Here
Jack later married Judith Shorstein and family are members of the Jewish Museum
Reference Here
Jack & Sylvia Shorstein are the parents of
A) Mark Shorstein married Beth Shorstein (life and geneology of Shorsteins and Oches): Book of Life)
B) Michael Shorstein married Robin Shorstein
C) Neal Shorstein (gay)
A) Mark Shorstein
Mark Shorstein: The president of Shorstein and Shorstein (accounting service) (Husband to Beth)
Reference Here
Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Jewish Foundation
Reference Here
(basically the same thing, and same people)
and Board of Directors for the Jacksonvill Jewish Federation
Reference Here
Beth Shorstein: (Steve & Kris Ochs are parents of Beth, Mark's wife)
Jewish Community & Family Services:
Beth S. is the Director of Older Adult Services, Kathleen Stevens is the Director of Adoptions.
Reference Here
Beth and A) Mark Shorstein are the parents of (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
1) Rebecca Shorstein (UniFL)
2) Daniel Shorstein (UniFl)
3) Benjamin Shorstein (UniFL)
4) Jennifer Shorstein (UniFL)
B) Michael Shorstein and wife Robin Shorstein (UniFL) (Chairmain of the Board) he is listed on this bulletin.
Reference Here
On the board of FSS: (Family Support Services)
* Now, maybe it seems normal, but I find it strange, that the preservation of family and protection of children and an adoption lawyer on the board, is a bit contradictory... especially when the lawyers / agency profit from this.
Certified Public Accountant,
Reference Here
Board of Professional Engineers Management Corporation (Beth's Father, Steve Ochs was an engineer and holocaust survivor)
Reference Here
Robin Shorstein: (UniFL)
Reference Here
Michael Shorstein and Robin have two children
Reference Here
1) Mathew Shorstein (UF)
2) Benay (Ben) Shorstein
C) Neal H. Shorstein (UF Medicine)
Reference Here
President of the Board of Directors for the The Oldest Queer Theater in America
Reference Here
II) Samuel "Buddy" Shorstein (Mark, Samuel and Jack are Shorstein & Shorstein, CPAs)
Jacksonville accountant who is one of the senator's (Graham's) closest friends, says he believed several weeks ago that Graham would retire.
Reference Here
accountant at the University of Florida Brooks Center Rehabilitation studies as a BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Reference Here
Chief of staff to Bob Graham back in 1985 - 1986
Reference Here
III) Harry Shorstein (UniFL) State attorney general
Reference Here
Harry Shorstein (UF of Law) is the uncle of Michael Shorstein married to Ann Shorstein
Harry & Ann Shorstein
Ann Shorstein
worked as Attorney for Holland & Knight.
Reference Here
Professor Of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law
Reference Here
ponders run for property appraiser
Reference Here
Attended UF for Law
Reference Here
Member of the Northeast Florida Advisory Council
Reference Here
On the STATE BOARDS (Tallahassee)
Florida Inland Navigation District
Reference Here
She was an actress on the Vagina Monologues:
Reference Here
Senior Counsel on the Chamber of Commerce
Reference Here
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