Post: Petition Clause

Posted by Jefferson, jdarel61@yahoo.com, on 5/08/02
As I understand it, the text of the U. S. Constitution is the primary and controlling,"supreme law of the land", with the acts of Congress being the supreme law of the land as long as they do not violate the Constitution itself. Here is my question with some pertanant history; I had a case which was developed by my attorney and filed in the appropriate U.S. District Court. My attorney failed to make a prima facie case and the defendant won. We appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. When this Court looked at my case they pointed out that my attorney had failed to address my civil rights and disability claims so the Court dismissed those issues as abandoned. However my attorney only persuded a tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Dristress which the Circuit Court dismissed and gave summary judgment for the defendant as a matter of law. We tried to get a writ of certeroire from the U.S. Supreme Court, but failed. I have recently found out that law clerks sift through the cases an decide which ones get to go forward to the Supreme Court. If this is true,"what an injustice to the citizens of this country". At a later date I began to read the U.S.Constitution and found I had the right to petition the Government-Supreme Court-for a redress of grievances. I wrote a petition to each judge of the Supreme Court and mailed it certified mail. Several weeks later one of the petitions was returned to me along with a letter from the Supreme Court Clerk-Mr.Suter- outlining to me the Court's authority under Article III of the Constitution. He said the Court did not answer legal questions or give legal advise; However if the clerk could understand English, I did not ask for legal advise or answers to legal questions. All I wanted was redress to possible violations of my Constitutional rights under the Seventh and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S.Constitution. Please advise ASAP? P.S. I have other legal issues I would like to share but will weight until a later time. Sincerely:Jefferson
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