Re: Petition Clause

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Dear Jefferson,

You are right! I have always wondered about the "petiton"
clause in the First Amendment, especially when someone's law
suit is thrown out. Frankly, our Constitution is not all
that it is stacked up to be. I am sorry to say that! We have
always heard how great and a hallowed it is; but, frankly, I
think we need a new one. A constitution that is over 200
years old ought to be replaced by a new one. As it has been
said many times, "The Constitution is what the Judges say it
is." Like EX POST FACTO. I read where just recently the U.S.
Supremes ruled that a sex-offender registration law applied
to one who was convicted and had completed his sentence even
before the sex-offender registration law had been passed. If
so, what't the big deal about EX POST FACTO! In Louisiana
just recently a Court of Appeals ruled that a convicted sex-
offender had to register, even though he had received a
pardon, and even though the sex-offender registration law
stated specifically that no such registration was required if
the offender had received a pardon. The court fashioned a
reason stating that such a pardon had to be a "governor's
signature pardon", a "gold seal" pardon, not a Louisiana
Consitution mandated pardon, like the defendant had
received.

I would like to see a copy of your petition that the
Clerk of Court threw out. Perhaps the Clerk of Court has
violated your your Civil Rights and perhaps you could file
another "right to petition" suit in Federal court for
violation of your Civil Rights. Nowadays, the Federal court
itself puts out a set for forms for filing a Civil Rights law
suit, all a petitioner (complaintant) has to do is fill in
the blanks. They even have a set for forms for filing it IN
FORMA PAUPERIS, without the necessity of an advance fee for
filing. If you would care to fax a copy to me, please do so
at (337) 477-2143. I will study it and be back to discuss it
with you.

Sincerely,

Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
Lake Charles, LA

On 4/20/02, Jefferson wrote:
> The Constitution is supposed to be the supreme law of the
> land here in the United States. However we see the Courts
> dening people's rights a lot. I tried to exert my First
> Amendment rights once by tring to petition the Court for a
> redress of grievences but my petitions was intersepted by
> the Court Clerk who took it upon himself to not let my
> petitions get to the Court, but instead tried to instruct
> me on the Courts authority under Artcle III of the
> Constitution. However I neither asked for or was I seeking
> legal advice from the Court. I was simply asking for a
> redress of grievences about a case I had, in which I
> believed my Seventh and Fourteenth Amendments were violated
> by the judicial system.
>
> Please respond, ASAP!

Re: Petition Clause, 5/24/03, by Hardy Parkerson, Atty..

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