Maine Jury Makes A Profound Decision About The Limits Of Police Power & The Law

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ITEM: Maine Jury Makes A Profound Decision About The Limits Of Police Power
& The Law

MWM: A jury in Maine has just rewritten the common law.
Read this carefully and keep this in your mind. The jury refused to convict
protestors of trespass (in a public facility) who maintained that constitutional
law was being broken by the Cheney/Bush Junta and thus it was necessary for
citizens to intervene in a protest. This decision is one of the reasons why the
founding fathers advocated a strong jury system - as the ultimate triple check
on the abuse of power.

Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:16:28 -0700
Subject:
[phoenix-quest] Finally, some sanity...Carole J.

Has Maine Set a
Precedent on Anti-War Protests? A unanimous verdict that freed six protesters
of
trespassing charges may show respect for dissent. by Leigh Donaldson June
30, 2008
Portland Maine Press Herald <http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/30/10002/>http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/30/10002/
In
late April, six peace activists stood victorious in front of Maine's Penobscot
County Superior Court. A jury had acquitted them on criminal trespass charges
for failing to obey a police request that they end
their sit-in protest at
the closing of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins office in the Margaret Chase Smith
Federal
Building. These men, dubbed the 'Bangor Six', believed that the
Constitution was being violated by the Bush administration's involvement in
Iraq and sought redress of their grievances as provided by the First Amendment.
They were protesting President Bush's proposal to increase U.S. combat troops in
Iraq to support a military effort known as the 'surge'.
Universally, they
asserted that they had made numerous attempts to communicate directly with Sen.
Collins, to no avail. Their consensus was that the Constitution prevailed over
local ordinances. The jury was instructed to set aside their feelings about the
war, and was also allowed to consider whether or not the defendants believed
they had 'license and privilege' to consciously choose to break Maine
law
because they thought international law had been violated. Unanimously,
the jury decided in the protesters' favor.

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