It's finally time to break the cycle of hating our neighbor. Words must overcome guns. Often society exclaims that "terrorists are trying to make a statement." If that is true, all we need to do to halt terrorism is to LISTEN.
An inherent right is one granted by God, not by our government. Free Will also means the right to address wrongful actions of the government. Actions which deliver less than fairness are fascist and unlawful. Any person in a free society should be allowed redress of such unthinkable actions. Otherwise we Americans enjoy the illusion of Justice for all. We are no better, no freer than people in Iraq when our ordinary citizens are denied use of our courts.
As someone operating the statewide Homeless Crisis Hotline, it is my job to provide accurate information to families on the cusp of, or suffering from homelessness. This is impossible, when cities and towns lie about the requirements of General Assistance, aid given by the town.
This action violates the theory of "Fairness of the Law," as well as my Creator-given, 1st Amendment right to effectively assist the homeless.
The first case I filed was dismissed with the words of "in other words, LightfootLane has no standing to complain that their [her] government is violating the law." The Court failed to understand the issues or importance of this case. It is to eradicate actions of hate, against the underpaid.
I have again filed a legal suit in Bangor Federal District Court, on Law Day, May 1, 2007, in hopes that this time the courts will HEAR the case. Or that readers will write the Court Demanding the Case 1:07-cv-56 be heard in its entirety. It's time the Courts show compassion, not hate, by listening to valid cases of its citizens.
The address is: US District Court PO Box 1007 Bangor ME USA 04402. If the court knows that everyday people know about this case, they are less likely to dismiss.
Please also send a copy of your brief letter asking that case 1:07-cv-56 be heard to me, Jan LightfootLane, PO Box 62, Hinckley, ME 04944.
In Maine and the USA Federal Courts, listening means hearing the full legal action, then deciding cases upon the facts. Today, valid and important cases are routinely dismissed due to lack of having the funds to hire a lawyer. The USA is less likely to "Listen today" than in 1976 -- the last full year the average citizen had a "right to be heard in the US Supreme Court."
Soon after losing that right, to US Supreme Court review, the Courts started ruling that average people should instinctively know the pleadings of cases, or they shall have their valid case dismissed without trial.
In that same period, rights of the poor stood still, or declined. Relatively no advancement against Poverty has been made since the 1980s ushered in. Poverty is a symptom of hate.
The premature dismissal of legal cases, is based upon either lack of jurisdiction. That amounts to the court not "understanding the issues." Or cases are ejected because Courts strictly apply the Rules of pleadings for the non-lawyer. State and Federal Courts are more stringent with the ordinary person seeking justice than with practicing lawyers who goof.
It's time to reassert our right to be heard. We should be heard in any court in this nation. To be able to bring or defend cases is the essence of liberty. Hearing cases is the beginning of understanding, which summons the end of hate.
Jan LightfootLane
C/O Hospitality House Inc.
PO box 62 Hinckley ME 04944 USA
207-453-2353
