The Supreme Court issued five opinions today, mostly dealing with criminal law issues, though they touch on other aspects of constitutional law. The first case is Bond v. United States (09-1227), where the Court decided that individuals have standing under…
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Google Enhances Desktop Search
14
Jun
Google announced several enhancements to search today at an Inside Search event held in San Francisco. These are summarized at Google’s Inside Search Blog post published earlier this morning. Voice search will now be available from the desktop. There will…
GPO Plans to Cut Workforce by 15 Percent
08
Jun
From the press release: In response to overall Government cutbacks and projected reductions in appropriated funding, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) informed employees today of its plan to send a request to Congress and the Office of Personnel Management…
Supreme Court Action Today – Attorney Fees, Sentencing, Securities, and Patents
06
Jun
The Supreme Court issued four opinions today as it marches to the end of the current term. Three of these four are unanimous decisions. The first is Fox v. Vice (10-114). This case concerns attorney fees awarded to defendants under…
Official Illinois Reports Published by West Not Yet West-Mart’s "Deal of the Day"
03
Jun
But, hey, Illinois Office Supreme Court Reports, 2d and Illinois Official Appellate Reports, 3d are both on sale today at West-Mart (both pages last visited on June 3, 2011) and you can buy them with an “assured pricing plan.” Due…
Jurisdictionary Course Helps Increase Your Chances of Winning
02
Jun
Whether plaintiff or defendant, you cannot hope to win if you don’t know what my course teaches.
These tips should convince you to order my complete course … whether you’re a plaintiff or defendant.
If you don’t know what opportunities you have in court, you don’t have much of a chance of winning!
Let me urge you to order my course today (if you don’t already have it) so you won’t make the common mistake of assuming you already know everything you need to win!
Remember: Winners are people who know how the game is played to win — whether plaintiff or defendant.
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The essential tools and elements are explained in the video you can watch right now by clicking the judge.
Click the Judge to learn more.
You won’t believe me, but most lawyers (and nearly all law school professors) don’t have a clue what it takes to win. Many law schools don’t teach “causes of action” or the elements necessary to prevail. It’s true!
Many law schools don’t teach how to use your five (5) discovery tools or why you must be courageous and fight the judge and demand your right to get evidence in the record using your discovery tools.
Many lawyers are afraid to upset judges, so they let things slide. They don’t object. They don’t “instruct” the judge on the law. They just lay back, take their hourly fee, and let their clients lose … and those who pay lawyers yet don’t know what Jurisdictionary teaches about winning are led to the slaughter by their own lawyer.
Sad, but true!
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Most lawyers never learn what Jurisdictionary makes so easy-to-learn. People have been telling me since I started Jurisdictionary in 1997 that, “Your course should be required in first year law school.” But, of course, that’s not likely to happen, because whatJurisdictionary shows you isn’t politically correct! I teach you how to control judges, instead of bowing to them, I I teach you how to overcome crooked lawyers and their all-too-common sneaky tricks!
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Losers believe internet fables. Losers get their legal education at the barbershop or on websites or expensive weekend seminars run by people who never practiced law, never went to law school, and don’t know mud from sand about rules or how to use them to control judges.
Too many good folks believe mythological silver-bullet easy solutions to their legal problems and, as a result, are losing when they would be winning if they knew what I make so easy-to-learn in my Jurisdictionary course!
The internet is infested with hare-brained schemes that sound too good to be true … and, like the old adage says, “If it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn’t.”
Remember: The most dangerous falsehoods are ones we most want to believe!
Why not learn from a real lawyer with nearly 25 years of case-winning experience?
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Why do people go to court without first learning the rules of the game and how to use them to win?
02
Jun
Those who don’t want to spend a few hours to learn a few rules and how to use them to win shouldn’t complain when they lose. Most of you who are sports fans know at least a few of the rules of your favorite sport, yet very few (who don’t have my course) have made any real effort to learn the rules of the game we call litigation! You wouldn’t think of arguing with a referee or umpire if you didn’t know the rules of the game.
People who use my course are winning!
The rules of baseball are far more complicated than the rules of court, yet nobody told you! So, if you’re like most people, you probably fear the courts and the high costs associated with hiring a lawyer … when all the while you could be learning how to use the simple rules of evidence and rules of procedure that are far, far easier to learn than the official rules of baseball, football, soccer, and many other games 8th graders are smart enough to learn!
The federal rules of evidence are only 16 pages!
So, why weren’t you told?
Why weren’t your children told?
Who is hiding the truth so they can make more money?
USE YOUR COMMON SENSE AND STOP LOSING!
The challenge for you (and everyone else seeking justice in our courts) is your willingness to learn how to use that power by spending 24 hours studying my popular course!
You have real power to get Justice in America!
Too many complain their rights are being violated, while those same people refuse to learn how to use the power of due process and its rules to overcome their opponent, control the court, and force judges to grant them justice! Such people spend too much time complaining and too little time learning! Because they do not know the rules or how to use them effectively, they lose … needlessly!
It is NOT DIFFICULT to learn!
Lawsuits are nothing more than contests about facts that tend to prove or disprove the essential “elements” of what we call “causes of action” (explained in my course). Once you understand the elements, what a cause of action is, and how to control the evidence, you are on your way to victory.
If you don’t understand these things, you cannot win!
Do nothing in your case until you identify the elements!
Do nothing in your case until you understand the causes of action at play.
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Be clever. Think through the elements of your position (plaintiff or defendant) and sort out the essential facts you need to prove from those you don’t need to prove.
If you don’t know what the “elements” of your case are, or you don’t know what the “elements” of your opponent’s case are, then STOP NOW AND LEARN WHILE YOU HAVE TIME TO LEARN AND NOT LOSE!
The details are explained in my course, of course.
If you think you can waltz into court with some legal argument and no admissible evidence to back up your argument (instead of doing things the way I explain in my popular course) you’ll be sadly disappointed when you lose … unnecessarily.
YOU MUST LEARN THE ELEMENTS OF THE GAME!
Doing anything in your case before you understand the rules, the “elements”, and your 5 discovery tools, is plain stupid.
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You have an unchallengeable right to get evidence that tends to prove the elements of your case and to disprove the elements of your opponent’s case.
Everything else is a waste of time!
Evidence + Legal Authority = Victory in Court!
But, if you don’t know how to get evidence, you lose!
If you don’t understand how and when to use your five discovery tools (especially depositions) you cannot win!
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Clever argument is not enough.
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Those who haven’t yet learned how to get evidence go to court with the idea they “already have all the evidence they need”. I hear this over and over again. People think because they have a copy of a document or photograph or audio recording that they’re sure to win. Then, when they get to trial (when it’s too late to do any more discovery) they “discover” all the stuff they thought was “evidence” is inadmissible at trial!
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What Were/Are We Fighting For ?
30
May
| What are we asked to remember on Memorial Day?
I have a T-shirt that says, “Freedom is not Free!” It’s true! But! Can blood alone purchase liberty for us? Does war promote peace by war alone? Surely those who gave their lives (or arms and legs and eyes and more) in the struggle of violence to overcome all enemies of individual rights should be remembered today! Had those we honor today not valiantly opposed others hell-bent on ruling the world with “another vision”, we’d be living in an entirely different world … probably without any of the liberties you and I enjoy today. But! What were/are we fighting for if it is not for a system of law-and-order that protects the innocent and honors the rights of us “individuals”versus a so-called “public policy” that twists Justice to favor the demands of money and corrupt political influence? Surely we are not so naive as to believe we can enjoy the blessings of liberty without a system of law-and-order that protects us all … right down to “the least of these”, as Jesus said it long ago! The “least of these” was His way of asking us to care for those who have no money or political influence. I mention “the least of these” not in a “religious sense”, but as a mind-jolter for us to remember why those killed and wounded fought and why some continue to fight! It was not to preserve our flag, but for what our flag is supposed to stand for! It was not to overcome an armed foe, but to protect us from a system of government rule that would ignore “due process and the Rule of Law”. It was not to defeat tyranny, but to protect a nation of ideas and legal principles where The People come first! Oh, my dear friends. You’ve been so faithful to us these past 14 years since we launched Jurisdictionary. My words can never tell how much we appreciate your encouraging calls and emails when the small effort we’ve made for you has turned to your advantage in your warfare of lawsuits and other courtroom battles where Liberty ultimately must be preserved by LAW. Pray the Great Architect of this Universe protect those in harm’s way for our sakes … but pray, too, for that way of life in which each of you have great power to demand Justice in our courts, to overcome money and political influence by a method given to you by those who suffered and died for you, to perpetuate a wonderful way of life for your children and future generations threatened by their own lack of knowledge about their power in courthouses that must be made to work hand-in-hand with the power of our military might! My wife Kathryn and I and our entire family wish you and yours the very most pleasant Memorial Day this year and ask only that youremember what we are fighting for and that blood alone cannot preserve our Liberties. I call on each of you to teach as many as you can that INK wisely used must honor the spilled BLOOD! Please, dear friends. Consider what I say to you today! Without the wise use of words, ideas, rules of justice, and law that protects the innocent, vast oceans of blood can never secure for us a world of peace, prosperity, and personal liberty. I call on YOU to urge everyone to learn what the ones we honor today freely gave their sacrifice to protect! Learn how to use your own ink to truly honor the blood they spilled for you and me! Learn the principles and practices of Justice! Demand that your leaders honor the maxims of our traditional principles of common law! Demand that your judges and lawyers obey the law that makes your Liberty possible! And, please don’t imagine for a moment that sending out thousands of emails or parading in the streets will save the system of law that must in the long run protect us all. YOU MUST LEARN THE RULES OF JUSTICE IF THEY ARE TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE RICH AND POWERFUL WHO WISH TO TWIST THOSE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN ! Only by getting involved in the honorable fight with words can we hope to protect the peace and secure Liberty and Justice for ALL ! Politics has its place … but it is not enough! Military force has its place … but it is not enough! YOU HAVE POWER TO COMMAND GOVERNMENT BY USE OF OUR COURT SYSTEM! Learn how to use YOUR power in the fight for truth! You have power to control your neighbors, big business, even the ever-increasing annoyance of splinter groups who whine and complain about non-essentials at the expense of the rest of us rank-and-file Americans! Remember and honor those who gave so much so you could enjoy this day in peace and liberty. But! Do not forget what they fought for and continue to fight for on foreign soil and here at home! Ink and Blood. Blood and Ink. Our peace cannot endure without them both. If you are not called this day to the field of honor, to be in harm’s way for the sake of others, then do your part by learning how to USE YOUR INK TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE! Together, with wisdom and mercy on our side, we can keep the Lamp burning as long as the earth stands! And, who knows? Perhaps future generations will look back to what YOU did to make the world safer for them! … Dr. Frederick D. Graves, JD ======================= |
You will lose your case if you don’t cite “legal authority!”
The only opinions that count in court are the written opinions of appellate court justices who stand in judgment of trial level judges and have power to reverse them if they disagree with appellate decisions in any way!
Your opinions (no matter how clever or persuasive) count for nothing in court.
You must clearly show the judge on the record by citing official legal authorities from appellate decisions, exactly what will happen if the judge rules against you!
This is how smart lawyers win in court.
Stupid lawyers are afraid of judges, afraid to threaten appeal, so they lose … routinely!
Clever argument is not enough.
Knowing the law is not enough.
Even having all the evidence is not enough!
Controlling judges is what wins lawsuits!
You control judges by making clear on the record what higher level appellate courts have ruled in the past, what opinions those higher courts have passed down, and why the higher courts will reverse the trial judge’s orders if he rules contrary to what the appellate courts require.
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You must provide citations to official legal authority in motions, memoranda, objections, and verbal arguments at hearings and at trial (if you don’t win before trial using the easy-to-learn methods we teach in my affordable step-by-step official Jurisdictionary course).
You must tell the judge why you should win – by citing official legal authorities the judge is required to obey:
- court rules,
- constitutional provisions,
- statutes,
- codes, and
- most importantly the opinions of higher courts that clarify what those rules, constitutional provisions, statutes, and codes really mean!
What you think they mean doesn’t count!
Trust me! I’ve been at this for 25 years!
How you choose to read and interpret the law doesn’t count a bit … not even a tiny bit!
The only thing that counts is how the appellate courts read and interpret the law, and what they say the law means in regard to the facts of your case.
The other side will cite legal authorities for their case.
You must do the same … if you want to win.
If you’ve wandered through a law library in search of legal authority, you were probably amazed to find crowded shelves stuffed with volumes of similar-looking books, differing only by the mysterious numbers printed on their spines. Books that give no hint which one might hide the key to unlock the judge’s favor in your case. In a well-stocked law library there are thousands of books.
You cannot possibly read them all to find what you seek, and even the indexes, appendices, and annotations are a complex nightmare that requires years of experience to master.
On the other hand, on-line legal research is easy.
We show you how to do it in our official course.
Learn how to use on-line legal research and how to cite case-winning legal authority in my affordable step-by-step 24-hour official Jurisdictionary self-help course!
Know how to control the judge – or you will lose!
These “Tips & Tactics” newsletters are only the very tip of the iceberg of lawsuit knowledge you need to win. If you don’t already have my 24-hour step-by-step self-help course, go to my website and order now!
Learn how to research and cite … so you can WIN!
Dr. Frederick David Graves, JD
PRESIDENTS AND WORLD PEACE?
16
Jan
January 16, 2011
One senses that things are looking up today mainly, I think, because of upcoming changes in world leadership all around.
Chinese president Hu Jintao pays us a State Visit on Tuesday, bearing signs of flexibility. Our own president Barack Obama promised change as part of his election platform, and is just the guy to be welcoming him to the White House.
In North Korea we have peace-making signs from president Kim Jong-il, possibly because he is turning over the reins to his son Kim Jong-un, who no doubt has some ideas of his own. And of course they want a piece of the South’s action.
Then we have president Fidel Castro, mellowing with age, who has already handed the reins over to his younger brother, now president Raul Castro.
Wouldn’t it be surprising if we find that this country stops marginalizing itself with its self-imposed title of Leader of the World, stops falling back on waving its superior weaponry like some schoolyard bully, and sits down as equals and partners with communists and socialists and liberals and conservatives? Then we can do what we all do best and want most, which is to embrace and improve our families, our children, our grandchildren, our health, and our homes. That, we all have in common. And freedom to travel anywhere and everywhere will be restored after nearly a century of restrictions.
Thank you internet!
Could “Two and a Half Men” Be Better Than Ever With Ashton Kutcher?
I just read a review of 2 1/2 Men by a “communications professor” by the name of Robert Thompson. He admitted that while watching and critiquing the show, he would rather be balancing his checkbook.
The fact is, 2 1/2 Men is the only truly honest depiction of male and female behavior in our current American and possibly worldwide culture. It deals with real-life situations, and the greed, dishonesty and scamming that goes on at all levels of society and industry, producing the norms of life today. Its popularity, continuing with huge audience followers watching reruns, deny the premise put forth by this professor of communications.
From the working professional’s viewpoint, it is clear that the core of the show is the relationship between 2 brothers, Charlie and Alan, played by Sheen and Cryer. They are joint protagonists, and Sheen is the perfect foil for Cryer. Their interplay is worthy of the best of the Smothers Brothers, Laurel and Hardy and the 3 Stooges, the difference being that they are never seen to be “performing”, but just are; believable at every moment. The writing is so superior that one can sit through each show many times. There is a kind of inevitability in the substance of the patter, and one discovers nuances in funny lines with deep meaning. I myself relax in the evening watching yet again another episode. I have 72 of them saved. I recommend almost every episode as a model for the aspiring writer learning how to shape a script, with perfect character, plot, and story development.
It is a shame that a political situation developed between Sheen, joint creator Lorre, Warner Bros. and CBS. It has been decided that they should continue the run of this golden goose without Sheen. But it won’t and it shouldn’t work.
What Sheen and Cryer should do is develop their own show with an entirely different setting, and an entirely different family, and continue the exploration of familial situations for 2 disparate brothers. Of course, they would lose their supporting cast, which would be unfortunate. Apart from anything else, and aside from the show, it would be fun to watch how these parties will squabble over the age-old conundrum of who creates, and therefore owns, the fictitious characters of entertainment. Actors vs. writers vs. directors vs. financial backers. Another legal drama in the making. And they will suffer from the absence of Lorre, who is a writing genius, as well as the supporting cast, unequaled in anything I have ever seen.
If any sample of our civilization should be crammed into a space capsule for aliens to see, it would be every episode of 2 1/2 Men as it presently exists.
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