August 23, 2004

Update: Right-To-Petition Lawsuit

Amended Complaint To Be Filed Shortly
Getting Serious About Freedom & WTP
New WTP Congress National Director Appointed
 

Thus far, almost four thousand people have signed up to be part of the landmark lawsuit that is asking the federal judiciary for a declaration of the meaning of the last ten words of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America - the unalienable Right to Petition the government for a Redress of Grievances.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress, rather than the Right to Vote, is -- and has always been -- the only non-violent way for the individual and the minority to hold the government accountable to the Constitution with its guarantee of individual, unalienable Rights, both enumerated and un-enumerated.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress includes the Right to submit a statement of grievances and a prayer for relief to officials of any branch of the government, all based on evidence that the government has stepped outside the boundaries drawn around the powers delegated to it by the People through the Constitution.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress includes the Right to an honest and timely response by the government.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress includes the Right to enforce that Right, knowing that any Right that is not enforceable is not a Right.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress includes the Right of Redress Before Taxes, that is, their Right to Petition includes their Right to enforce that Right by retaining their money until their grievances are redressed if the government refuses to properly respond to their Petitions for Redress. (Ed. Note: Anyone can become a plaintiff. It does not depend on whether one is withholding taxes or not)

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress is inextricably intertwined with, and inseparable from, their other fundamental and individual Rights that are guaranteed by the First Amendment, including the Rights to Peaceably Assemble, Speak and Publish freely.

The People claim their fundamental Right to Petition for Redress (and to Redress Before Taxes, to Peaceably Assemble, to Speak Freely and to Publish Freely) includes full protection from retaliation by the government against those that Petition.

 

The Courage Of The Named Plaintiffs

Thus far, approximately 1500 people (of the almost 4,000 potential class-action plaintiffs) have sent us notarized affidavits, indicating their willingness to be a “named” plaintiff. Click here to view the list of Named Plaintiffs. (.pdf format)

As named plaintiffs (as opposed to “class-action” plaintiffs), their names and addresses will appear in the official caption of the case on all filings. This means they are willing to stand as formal plaintiffs and explicitly declare their intent to defend the Constitution, rather than participate more modestly as a (generally) less visible member of the “class” – that is, the group of people identified in the caption as “and all others similarly situated.”

By agreeing to be named plaintiffs, these individuals will not be dependent on the willingness of the court to certify the “class” in order to be a party to the action. “Named” plaintiffs will not have to incur the likely delays waiting for the logistics of the legal process to “certify” the class, and they also avoid the possibility that the judge may not certify the class at all – leaving these potential plaintiffs without standing in this lawsuit.
 

As named plaintiffs, these individuals stand a chance of benefiting more quickly from the injunctive relief we seek – an order from the court enjoining and restraining the IRS and the DOJ from engaging in any enforcement action/retaliation against them. Any such order of protection issued by the court would not apply to the unnamed members of the class until after the court certifies the class, if at all. The court will not address the question of class certification until after all pre-trial motions (and any appeals) have been decided, which could take a significant period of time.

Last Call For Affidavits

We urge everyone who has not already done so to immediately submit a notarized affidavit, indicating your desire to be added to the list of named plaintiffs. Click here for a copy of the affidavit. Modify the affidavit if necessary, print the affidavit, fill it out, sign it in front of a notary public and send it to us by priority or express mail -- ASAP.

If your affidavit is not received at our office in the next several days, it will not be included in the Amended Complaint we are currently preparing.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It will help us to know that you intend to submit an affidavit and what will be on the affidavit. If you want to be added to the list of NAMED plaintiffs and will be mailing in an affidavit immediately, please submit the data on our on-line Final Data Form. This will help us meet our self-imposed deadline of filing the Amended Complaint by the end of next week.

We know it takes courage to put your name and address on a list that is going to the government – to stand and be counted – but, we believe it is important that we demonstrate to the government that the People are united by their growth in courage, in grace, in knowledge, in reputation, in our sense of what is right and proper, and that we are developing toward maturity as responsible defenders of our beloved Constitution and its essential principles.

 

Important: Please Complete On-Line Final Data Check Form

We intend to add all verified named plaintiffs and file the amended complaint by the end of next week.

To do this, we need full information and/or data verification from ALL named plaintiffs:

1) If you have already submitted a lawsuit affidavit we need to CHECK the accuracy of the information we have on file for you. We need you to verify it by RESUBMITTING IT via our Final Data Form page. To check what we already have on file for you, click here to review the list of named plaintiffs. (.pdf format) RESUBMITTING YOUR DATA IS REQUIRED EVEN IF YOUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT!

2) If you are just now joining the lawsuit as a NAMED plaintiff or “upgrading” from the “class-action” plaintiff status, you need to fill out and submit the Final Data Form page AND send a notarized affidavit to our home office ASAP by overnight or priority mail. If we do not have your affidavit in hand, you will not be included in the Amended Complaint as a named plaintiff. Click here to review the previous article we published detailing aspects of becoming a named plaintiff.

Again, 1) Even if your information is CORRECT, we need to hear back from ALL current named plaintiffs affirmatively verifying the correctness of their full contact information and 2) we need to receive ASAP like information AND notarized affidavits from any individual wishing to become a NAMED plaintiff at this time.

Click here to access the Final Data Form.
Click here to review the list of named plaintiffs. (.pdf format, suggest RIGHT-Click to down-load))
Click here to access the affidavit.

Motion For Injunctive Relief

As soon as we file the amended complaint adding the many new named plaintiffs, we will be moving the court for injunctive relief, requesting a restraining order enjoining and prohibiting the government from taking any further enforcement actions against certain named plaintiffs.

 

Lawsuit Awareness Tour

In order to further the likelihood of success in our lawsuit, we must now collectively focus on the substantial task of raising the level of knowledge of the body politic regarding the meaning and significance of the Right to Petition the government for Redress of grievances and about our class action lawsuit.

We must now act to inform many more Americans that their Right to Petition rather than their Right to Vote is more likely to put an end to undeclared wars like Iraq, erosion of the Bill of Rights by Acts like the USA Patriot Act, the ill-omened national debt, and involuntary servitude by the direct, un-apportioned tax on labor.

With this goal, we are now scheduling a series of weekend rallies across America that will commence in September and run through this Thanksgiving. Building beyond our previous experiences with organizing and conducting such events, we intend to host freedom and lawsuit relevant speakers, exhibit multi-media presentations, provide advance publicity and media planning for each rally and provide participants with the tools, educational materials and knowledge needed to secure our goals.

In short, we intend to reach still further into the homes and businesses of America in order to raise awareness about our organization, the RTP lawsuit and our crucial mission to restore Constitutional order – and awaken America to join us in that battle.

In the upcoming rallies, we will engage the People in civic education and civic action by teaching and encouraging them to sign the Petitions for Redress of Grievances and to RETAIN THEIR MONEY UNTIL THEIR GRIEVANCES ARE REDRESSED. We will educate our supporters about how they can take this fight to their own cities and neighborhoods and we’ll give them some of the tools needed to succeed.

We want to etch into the permanent awareness of We the People, the phrase,
“No Answers, NO TAXES.” (Again please note, participation in the lawsuit does not depend on whether one withholds taxes or not.)

We want People this election cycle to be able to answer the question, “What do the last ten words of the 1^st Amendment mean?”

We want People over and over again to hear the phrase, “It’s the Constitution, Stupid” (to borrow from a campaign slogan from the early 90’s).

We need to convey to People that real hope lies in “None of The Above,” because, as Jefferson said, “All political parties are by their very nature corruptive.”

Bob Schulz will spend all of September, October and November chairing the meetings.
It is expected the meetings will resume following the winter holidays.

At each meeting hall we will provide a telephone hook up for RTP lawsuit counsel Mark Lane to answer questions about the lawsuit or the Right to Petition. We will have our new WTP Power Point presentation on hand everywhere, along with an ample supply of our new WTP brochures, Petitions For Redress, Forms for Joining the Class Action lawsuit, copies of the Complaint and other educational literature and media-awareness offerings.

For those who want to stage silent marches in front of federal office buildings or in front of the district offices of local Congressmen, etc., we will provide signs, banners and handouts.

National Director

WTP is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Randolph of Union City, California as the new full-time, National Director of the We the People Congress, Inc.

Randolph, a highly-accomplished Silicon Valley business executive comes to the position with an established track record of personal and professional integrity and has repeatedly demonstrated his principled commitment to defend the Constitution. Tim has previously served WTPC for several years as the California State Coordinator.

Tim, who has (quoting) “put his life on hold” to take on this key position, brings a suite of proven management and business development skills to his new role, which will consist of initially organizing the upcoming fall WTP lawsuit awareness meetings, building out the Congress organization, and establishing a sound foundation for financing the ongoing operations of the WTP Congress. Randolph will continue to function in his role as California State Coordinator until further notice.

We call upon all state and county coordinators, volunteers and Congress members to give their best effort to the tasks at hand. We ask that everyone step up to the plate and begin “swinging” for Tim, WTP and Liberty. Please contact Tim at timarwtpcc@yahoo.com if you have an interest in having one of the limited number of fall meetings in your area or if you can contribute in some other way.
 

Closing Thoughts

We have much to do, and as always – never enough time or resources to fully accomplish our vision. Unless each of us takes a personal responsibility to resist the forces allied against us, the days of our Republic are surely numbered.

Our organization, our groundbreaking Right-to-Petition lawsuit, and our message of truth are among the few things still standing between freedom and tyranny. Now is the time to support WTP with both your personal participation and your generous support of our mission.

Get involved.
Help.
Call.
Recruit.
Organize.
Attend.
Donate.
E-mail.

Let’s win this lawsuit and restore to the People the divine gift of popular sovereignty – and the power to exercise it through the Right of Petition. Make no mistake -- if, and with the hand of Providence -- when we do prevail in this effort – our government and our world will be changed forever – and it will have been YOU that helped it become manifest.

We see a world where government is truly OF, BY and FOR the People.
We see a world where the unalienable, divine Rights of individuals are cherished and respected.
We see a world that can be peacefully changed by the exercise and enforcement of the Right to Petition.
We think WTP will be instrumental in this righteous cause for freedom.
We hope you do too.

Please join us in asking our courts to publicly declare and reaffirm our Natural, Constitutionally protected Rights:

No Answers, NO TAXES!
No Answers, NO TAXES!
No Answers, NO TAXES!


Click here to:

Become a local or state Coordinator.
Donate – one time or monthly.
Join the WTP Congress.

Join the lawsuit / Learn about the Right tot Petition.

• To Join the RTP class action lawsuit, GO TO THE Lawsuit Information Center

• Click Here to donate and help finance this vital project to protect the Constitution.

• Read and sign the Petitions for Redress of Grievances regarding the Government's
  abuse of its limited war-making, taxing, and monetary powers and its ongoing assault
  on the Bill of Rights.

• Click Here to obtain a copy of the Give Me Liberty 2004 conference record. 26+ Hours of "must-see"
  freedom video -- the leading voices on reclaiming our Republic & the Right to Petition...
  On (4) VHS tapes or (8) CD-ROMs.